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North Cascades Glaciers' 'Bank Account' Is Running Low

caption: Mount Baker glacier as seen from a helicopter in 2009.
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Mount Baker glacier as seen from a helicopter in 2009.
Flickr Photo/judy_and_ed (CC BY NC 2.0)

Jeannie Yandel talks with Seattle Times science reporter Sandi Doughton about her story on the alarming melting of Northwest glaciers due to hot weather and low snowpack. Scientists say glaciers across the North Cascades could shrink by as much as 10 percent this year.

Photo credit: "Mount Baker Glacier," by judy_and_ed on Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

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