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January 8, 2012
Dzhungharia Alatau, Kazakhstan Glacier Retreat
Dzhungharia Alatau range of Kazakhstan is host to over 500 square kilometers of glacier ice. This amount of glacier ice declined by 1% per year from 1956 to 1990, (Severskiy, 2009: 103). This reduction in glacier area parellels that of changes in the Zailiyskiy and Kungey Alatau further south in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (Bolch, 2006). The Aksu River flows north from the Dzhungharia Alatau into Lake Balkhash. This post focuses …
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.