Mark Zuckerberg Visits Glacier National Park – Goodby Glaciers

I’m spending the afternoon at Glacier National Park in Montana with some National Park Service Rangers.

The impact of climate change is very clear at Glacier. In the last hundred years, the average global temperature has risen 1.5 degrees. But in the high elevations of Montana where Glacier is the temperature is warming at 3x the global average — enough to melt glaciers.

Since the 1850s, the number of glaciers here has gone from 150 to 25. In a couple of decades, there may not be any glaciers left in the park at all. The people here have no idea what the effects will be when glacier water stops flowing into the ecosystem.

Thanks to all the rangers for all you do and for showing me around such an amazing place. We need to make sure parks like Glacier — and the planet overall — are around for future generations to enjoy.

Mark Zuckerberg

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