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November 3, 2017
Gråfjellsbrea, Norway Retreat Forms New Lake
Gråfjellsbrea Retreat in Landsat images from 1999 to 2017. Red arrow indicates 1999 terminus, yellow arrow the 2017 terminus location. Gråfjellsbrea is an outlet glacier on the northwest side of the Folgefonna Icefield that drains into Mysevatnet. The 2012 Norwegian Glacier Inventory notes the glacier having an area of 8.77 square kilometers in 2002. In 2016 the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) reported this glacier to have the greatest retreat …
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.