Photo: Current Warming Period Is Longest in 1,200 Years, Study Says

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Dawn strikes mountains rising above St. Marys Lake in Montana's Glacier National Park.

When the park was created in 1910 it had 150 glaciers. That number has since dwindled to 30, due to warming temperatures.

Photograph by Raymond Gehman

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