Here are two pictures of Portage Glacier. The picture on the right taken in 1950, the picture on the left taken in 2002. In case you cannot see, the picture of the glacier taken in 2002, is hiding way back up in the mountains the the upper left side of the picture. In the 1950 picture, it is blatantly clear where the glacier is, since it fills up the entire space between the mountains. Ladies and Gentlemen, within 52 years, this glacier has receded to less than half its size when the picture was taken in 1950. Only 52 years!!! The loss of this glacial water is detrimental to our ecosystem and everything living around the glacier. For all those skeptics who claim to believe that there is no such thing as global warming, are obviously living in a parallel universe to mine, because these pictures are hard fact that there is such a thing as global warming. If someone does not believe so than I personally think that they are in denial. This glacier has been around since the beginning of time, and the idea that it has almost completely vanished in just 52 years is really just heartbreaking. We are killing our mother and their are signs of it everywhere, no matter where you look there are signs of deprivation. At this rate, it wouldn't surprise me if this glacier was completely non-existent in the expanse of 20 years. It is proof like this that we need to use to convince the people of our world that we are killing our mother and it needs to stop now. The destruction of our mother will only bring about the destruction of ourselves.