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April 19, 2017
Nuusuaq Peninsula West Greenland Glacier Disintegration
Comparison of alpine glaciers on Nuussuaq Peninsula in 1990 and 2016 Landsat images. Each arrow is at a specific location in both images exhibiting glacier separation/disintegration. The Nuussuaq Peninsula is just north of Disko Island in West Greenland and is home to many alpine glaciers and small ice caps. Here we examine the furthest west group of alpine glaciers on the peninsula. This group is 125 km west of the ice …
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.