# Glaciers around the world are endangered — but no two are alike

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/glaciers-around-the-world-are-endangered-but-no-two-are-alike/
- Published: 2026-11-06T09:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T10:36:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Grist (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://grist.org/culture/glaciers-around-the-world-are-endangered-but-no-two-are-alike/
- Topics: Climate

## Key points

- Glaciers have distinct local histories despite global ice loss.
- Mount St. Helens lost about 70 per cent of its ice in 1980.
- A new glacier is growing inside the volcano’s crater.

## Summary

Glaciers are often described as one global system in decline, but each has its own history and effects on nearby people and landscapes. A glacier scientist argues that understanding these distinct stories matters because broad measures of ice loss can obscure local changes.

The article describes Mount St. Helens, which had 13 named or unnamed glaciers before its 1980 eruption. The eruption destroyed about 70 per cent of its ice, including the Loowit and Leschi glaciers, and left a crater roughly two miles wide. A new glacier is now growing inside that crater, an unexpected example of how glaciers can transform in different ways.

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