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September 27, 2022
Tebenkof Glacier, Alaska Snowcover Loss Exposes Century of Annual Layers
Tebenkof Glacier in 2018 ESRI World Image with annual layers numbered. from near the divide to near the terminus. A couple of layers of layers buried near top of glacier by snowcover. This indicates 90-100 annual layers exposed at the surface as they emerge at the surface. Tebenkof Glacier is a land terminating glacier on the Kenai Peninsula just west of Blackstone Bay. WGMS (2021) documented the retreat rate from …
March 1, 2019
Skilak Glacier, Alaska Retreat and Salmon Connection
Skilak Glacier in 1986 and Sept. 2018 Landsat images. In 1986 icebergs and remnant glacier fill nearly the entire lake. The snowline in 1986 is at 1200 m and is at 1300 m in 2018. Red arrow is the 1982 terminus location and yellow arrow is the 2018 terminus location. Point A and C are bedrock outcrops at around 1200 m that have expanded. Skilak Glacier is an outlet glacier on …
July 6, 2017
Pedersen Glacier, Alaska Rapid Retreat 1994-2015
Pedersen Glacier Kenia Peninsula, Alaska retreat from Landsat images in 1994 and 2016. The red arrow indicates 1994 terminus, yellow arrow is 2016 terminus, orange arrow indicates northern tributary and purple dots indicates snowline. Pedersen Glacier is an outlet glacier of the Harding Icefield in Kenai Fjords National Park near Seward, Alaska. The glacier drops quickly from the plateau of the icefield through a pair of icefalls terminating in a …
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.