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April 14, 2022
Hornopirén Glaciers, Chile continue a Spectacular Retreat 1985-2022
Rio Blanco Glaciers in Hornopirén Naitonal Park, Chile in Landsat 5 and 9 images from 1985 and 2022. Red arrows indicate 1985 terminus position, yellow arrows 2022 terminus position. Point A is an emerging bedrock nunatak and Point B is where tributary separation has occurred. Hornopirén National Park is in the Los Lagos region of Chile. The park is host to a number of glaciers that are in rapid retreat. Davies and …
February 17, 2021
Tres Puntas Glacier, Chile Loses 50% of its Length this Century
Tres Puntas Glacier, Chile in 1999 and 2021 Landsat imagery. Red arrow is 1999 terminus location, yellow arrow the 2021 location, Point A is where tributaries joined in 1999 and Point B is where an adjacent glacier drains west. Tres Puntas Glacier flow south from Cerro Tres Puntas draining south into Lago O’Higgins in Patagonia. The icefield is east of the Patagonia icefields where Davies and Glasser (2012) noted the …
February 8, 2019
Cachalote Glacier, Chile Retreats From Lake and Separates
Cachalote Glacier in a 1984 Landsat image and 2019 Sentinel Image. Red arrow is 1984 terminus location, yellow arrow the 2019 terminus location and the pink arrow a tributary to the glacier in 1984 that separates. Cachalote Glacier is on the western edge of the Southern Patagonia Icefield, Chile. The glacier is not fed by the main icefield, but is connected to glaciers that are. The glaciers of the SPI have …
September 7, 2017
Ventisquero Grande Glacier, Chile Retreats; Not so Grande in 2017
Ventisquero Grande Glacier comparison in Landsat images from 1997 and 2017. Red arrows mark the 1997 terminus, yellow arrows the 2017 terminus, purple dots the snowline and purple arrow the junction of the tributaries. Ventisquero Grande Glacier is at the head of Ventisquero Seno in the Cordillera Darwin of Tierra del Fuego. The fjord is just west of Garibladi Fjord and opens into Darwin Channel. Melkonian et al (2013) note widespread thinning of four large …
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.