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This is what the heat wave did at Mount Baker and what that means for Whatcom County

Bob Mitchell, a professor of hydrogeology at Western Washington University, said that if the planet鈥檚 warming trend continues, Mount Baker鈥檚 glaciers will keep retreating and the Nooksack could become fed by rainfall, rather than by glacial melt.

鈥淲e鈥檙e predicting that the snowline will increase,鈥 Mitchell told The Herald. 鈥淲e鈥檒l essentially get more rain in winter than snow鈥 in the mountains.