As California Glaciers Disappear, People Will See Ice-Free Peaks Exposed for the First Time in Millennia

California’s Ancient Glaciers Are Melting Away for the First Time in Human History

New research shows that California's Sierra Nevada glaciers, which will vanish in decades, have remained intact for at least 10,000 years.

As California glaciers disappear, people will see ice-free peaks exposed for the first time in millennia

For as long as there have been people in what is now California, the granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada have held masses of ice, according to new research that shows the glaciers have probably existed since the last Ice Age more than 11,000 years ago.

Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North America.