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June 25, 2011
Index of Glacier Posts June 2009-June 2011
Glacier Index List Below is a list of the individual glacier posts examining our warming climates impact on each glacier. This represents the first two years of posts, 115 total posts, 108 different glaciers. I have worked directly on 34 of the glaciers described below. Other glaciers were selected based on fine research that I had come across, cited in each post, I then look at additional often more recent …
October 24, 2009
Mass Balance of the Easton Glacier 2009
Immediately below is Easton Glacier on Mt. Baker in the North Cascades in late May 2009. The glacier is still completely snow covered. The bench where the small gray cloud shadows are at 6000 feet averages 20 feet of snow remaining. Easton Glacier extends from the terminus at 5600 feet to the slopes near Sherman Crater at 9000 feet. Each summer since 1990 NCGCP has measured the mass balance of …
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.