Keywords: climate change climatechange yosemite national park lyell glacier blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Are there glaciers in Yosemite National Park? Yes, but not for long. You can see there's not much left of the Lyell Glacier; in fact, it's now more accurately called the Lyell Ice Patch since it is not technically a glacier anymore (there's no more downhill movement). Only the Maclure Glacier remains in the park. Although the Earth's climate does fluctuate naturally over tens of thousands of years, today's rapid warming means we're saying goodbye to many of these features in our lifetimes. 1883 photo: USGS/Israel Russell 2015 photo: NPS/Keenan Takahashi Are there glaciers in Yosemite National Park? Yes, but not for long. You can see there's not much left of the Lyell Glacier; in fact, it's now more accurately called the Lyell Ice Patch since it is not technically a glacier anymore (there's no more downhill movement). Only the Maclure Glacier remains in the park. Although the Earth's climate does fluctuate naturally over tens of thousands of years, today's rapid warming means we're saying goodbye to many of these features in our lifetimes. 1883 photo: USGS/Israel Russell 2015 photo: NPS/Keenan Takahashi |