laska is disappearing slowly, but surely. It is estimated that since the 1950s, as much as fifteen percent of laska's land area has How can be disappearing? The problem is that Alaska's glaciers are melting. The state has more than 100,000 glaciers. These glaciers account for about 75,000 square kilometers, or five percent, of the state's an area larger According to a recent report by the US Geological Survey ninety-nine seems mainly percent of Alaska's glaciers are retreating or diminishing This diminishing in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increased by almost 3°C. Additionally, the average winter temperature has increased C Presently, an estimated 100 cubic kilometers of ice disappearing glaciers every year. may be even more in the near future as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up to by the year 2100.