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March 9, 2017
Cavagnoli Glacier, Switzerland Fading Away
Google Earth image of Cavagnoli in 2010 and a Sentinel 2 image from Sept. 9 2016. Ice masses are numbered. No retained 2016 snowpack, note the lighter colored snow on the upper Basodino Glacier Cavagnoli Glacier (Ghiacciaio dei Cavagnöö) drains south into Lago dei Cavagnoli (Lago dei Cavagnöö), which is impounded by a dam that is 111 meters high. The glacier like its neighbor Basodino Glacier is in the Ticino River …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.