{"id":83,"date":"2008-11-09T21:58:50","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T04:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/11\/09\/a-long-trek-to-a-shrinking-glacier\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T21:58:50","modified_gmt":"2008-11-10T04:58:50","slug":"a-long-trek-to-a-shrinking-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2008\/11\/09\/a-long-trek-to-a-shrinking-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"A Long Trek to a Shrinking Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"img_5833-300.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/files\/2008\/11\/img_5833-300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/files\/2008\/11\/img_5833-300.jpg\" alt=\"img_5833-300.jpg\" \/><\/a>The glaciers in the Sierra Nevada are melting fast, and I really wanted to see one before it was too late. Earlier this fall, I got my wish. Reporter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/radio\/about\/staff\/sasha-khokha.jsp\">Sasha Khokha<\/a> and I were lucky enough to travel to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yose\/\">Yosemite <\/a>and tag along with geographer <a href=\"http:\/\/web.pdx.edu\/~basagic\/\">Hassan Basagic<\/a> on his trek to photograph the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/specialcoverage\/climatewatch\/multimedia\/danaglacier.jsp\">Dana Glacier<\/a> as part of his research documenting the retreat of the Sierra glaciers.<\/p>\n<p>The hike to Dana Glacier was stunning. We parked the car just outside Yosemite&#8217;s Tioga Pass Gate, which is at close to 10,000 feet in elevation, and began bushwhacking almost immediately. We climbed to the base of the glacier traveling through soft green meadows, up and over mountains of multi-colored boulders, and along the edges of electric blue and green alpine lakes. Not one cloud passed over our heads all day long.<\/p>\n<p>While the climb was memorable for its beauty, what made the day truly outstanding was having a guide explaining the landscape around us each step of the way. Since 2003, Basagic has been tracking the changes in the glaciers of the Sierra using historic photographs. <a href=\"http:\/\/web.pdx.edu\/~basagic\/snglac.html\">His research<\/a> contains comparison photographs of several other Sierra glaciers, including the Lyell and Maclure glaciers.<\/p>\n<p>Californians are thinking more than ever about water, snow pack, and our glaciers due in part to a couple of dry years and two pretty severe fire seasons. In October, Tom Knudson of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/\">Sacramento Bee<\/a> wrote an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/101\/story\/1325423.html\">interesting piece <\/a>about his trek to the Lyell Glacier with a team of scientists. Knudson and team found that like Dana, the Lyell Glacier has shrunk dramatically since 1883.<\/p>\n<p>While the hike to Dana was spectacular, the glacier itself appeared less than majestic. It looked vulnerable, clinging to the side of a massive bowl, a remnant of the sea of ice that once filled the entire valley. It looked so small and fragile that I was not surprised when Yosemite geologist Greg Stock told us in an interview the next day that it&#8217;s likely the Dana Glacier will be gone in the next 25-50 years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/specialcoverage\/climatewatch\/specialseries\/danaglacier.jsp\">Check out the videos and audio slidehow of our journey to the Dana Glacier.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiareport.org\/archive\/R811100850\/a\">Listen to the radio report.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yosemite&#8217;s Dana Glacier has shrunk dramatically over the last century like many other glaciers in the Sierra Nevada.  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