Life of Milk Lake Glacier By coLdAK20 Period: Dec 5, 1970 to Dec 5, 2011 Recorded history of Milk Lake Glacier Dec 5, 1977 Global warming begins to be recognized as valid Reference: http://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm Dec 5, 1979 First aerial photos taken of glacier The glacier had an area of 0.24 square kilometers Dec 5, 1988 Water pooling is first visable This indicates glacier retreat is occuring Dec 5, 1990 First IPCC report says levels of man-made greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere and predicts these will cause global warming. Dec 5, 1992 Milk Lake Glacier "officially" melted Dec 5, 2006 Glacier is nearly melted Dec 5, 2009 Final stage Glacier is completly melted
