Parks Canada is encouraging visitors to try snapping an "Icy" instead of just selfies when they visit Glacier National Park, in hopes their photos can assist glaciologists' research on how human-caused climate change is impacting these critical ice masses.

Working with Parks Canada, the University of Waterloo's GeoReach education platform is launching the Icy citizen science project that uses publicly-submitted photos of glaciers in Glacier and Jasper national parks to support the study of ice recession and thinning.

In Glacier currently, "research here focuses on glacier recession, with scientists using repeat photography and mass balance measurements to monitor glacial health," Parks Canada says. "Your photos will contribute to this ongoing research."

Farther north in Jasper, recent d

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