Alaska is disappearing slowly, but surely. it is estimated that since the 1950s, as much as fifteen percent of Alaska's land area has disappeared. how can a whole state be disappearing? the problem is that Alaska's glaciers are meltin. that state has more than 100,000 glaciers. these glaciers account for about 75,000 square kilometers, or dive percent, of state's area.that is an area of land larger than Ireland!