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March 21, 2011
Boshula Mountains, Tibet Glacier retreat
Increasing number and area of glacial lake in the Boshula Mountains, Tibet. Wang and others (2011) note that Glacial lakes have expanded from 1970-2009 by 19 % and the area that is glacier covered has decline by 13% during the 1970-2009 period in the Boshula Range. An examination of one unnamed glacier in this range illustrates this pattern. The glacier currently terminates at 4820 meters, the top of the glacier …
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.