Columbia Glacier, Alaska (2024) alaska The damming of the Mississippi

The damming of the Mississippi River Valley in the 19th and 20th centuries transformed one of America’s most vibrant ecosystems into a heavily managed waterway

Wild Gift has led 3 treks through the canyons of Escalante

Originally a wild

Data Source: Landsat

Columbia Glacier, Alaska (2024) alaska The damming of the MississippiColumbia Glacier, Alaska, is a dynamic giantonce stretching far into Prince William Sound, it now retreats at one of the fastest rates on Earth. Towering ice cliffs collapse into the sea, feeding iceberg strewn waters and illustrating, with stark clarity, the impacts of a warming planet. As the glacier shrinks, it transforms the ecosystem around it. Marine habitats are disrupted, sea levels rise, and communities downstream face growing uncertainty.