Mount St. Helens
Not by Fire but by Ice THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW! |
Updated 20 Sep 04
New Glacier Forming
on Mount St. Helens
During the last
twenty years, snow and ice have accumulated behind the lava dome
at Mount St. Helens (Washington State) to depths of up to 600 feet. According to
Charles Anderson Jr. and
Dr. Mark Vining of the Glaciospeleological Survey (IGS),
the
weight of the snow is
compressing the lower layers into dense, crystalline glacier
ice.
http://www.glaciercaves.com/html/anewgl_1.HTM
Mount
St. Helens glacier (Crater Glacier)
growing 50 feet per year
20 Sep 04 - “Today, the snow and ice in the crater is equal in volume to
all of the
pre-eruption glaciers on Mount St. Helens
combined," says a brochure published
by the US Forest
Service.”
Located inside the volcanic crater formed during its
1980 eruption, America’s youngest
glacier is also its fastest
growing glacier. Scientists estimate that the thickness of the
glacier
has increased by nearly 50 feet per year. Not only is it
growing thicker, it has been
advancing as much as 135 feet per
year.
Why is no one bothering to tell us about this?
(Oct
12, 2004. With temperatures on the dome now standing at 1,270
degrees Fahrenheit, my
guess is that the glacier is now melting.)
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See also Growing_Glaciers
See also Greenland
Icecap Growing Thicker
See also Antarctic
Icecap Growing Thicker