Letters to the Editor: Framing climate topics in ‘apocalyptic terms’ risks disengaging the audience

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To the editor : I found the recent Los Angeles Times article on California glaciers alarmist and one-sided ( “As California glaciers disappear, people will see ice-free peaks exposed for the first time in millennia,” Oct. 1). The article seems to rely on a narrow focus of evidence, which is then extrapolated to make broader points.

As someone with a background in geology and Earth science, I would like to offer a different perspective: Glaciers naturally go through cycles of advancing and retreating. Suggesting that the climate can be fixed to a specific state indefinitely is not scientific, as the climate has always been in flux. While it is true that glaciers are currentl