As snow and ice melts, Glacier Park seeing new lakes
One of the new lakes below Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park. (Joe Giersch photo)
As global warming continues to shrink glaciers and ice fields in Glacier National Park, another feature is growing on the landscape — small lakes from the melting ice and snow.
Flathead Lake Biological Station scientist Joe Vanderwall has been studying these new bodies of water with great interest.
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