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December 18, 2020
Is San Quintin Glacier Lake the fastest expanding lake this century in South America?
Landsat images of San Quintin Glacier from 2001 and 2020 indicate the expansion of both Lake A and Lake B due to glacier retreat. The Lake A basin as defined by the transect at the eastern narrow point, yellow line, has a total area of 41 km2 with the lake surface area now comprising 35.1 km2. San Quintin is the largest glacier of the Northern Patagonia Icefield (NPI) at 790 …
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.