Great Falls Tribune: The swift meltdown of the glaciers in Glacier National Park has led scientists to believe mountains are more susceptible to global warming than the lowlands around them. “During the past 15 years, there has been a faster rate of temperature increase for mountains than for lower elevations,” said U.S. Geological Survey ecologist Dan Fagre in West Glacier. “For the Glacier Park area, that annual increase is almost 2 degrees Fahrenheit … almost as much as occurred over a century …