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October 24, 2017
Gangge’er Glacier, Retreat & Tributary Separation Qilian Mt. China
Gangge’er Glacier, Qilian Mt., China comparison in 1997 and 2017 Landsat Images. Yellow arrows indicates 2017 terminus, red arrows the 1990 terminus, and purple arrows tributaries that have detached. The snowline is purple dots and Points 1-3 indicate bare rock areas amidst the glacier. The largest glacier in the Gangge’er Xiaoheli Shan range of the the Qilian Mountains in China, here referred to as Gangge’er Glacier, drains northwest into the …
December 16, 2016
Laigu Glacier, China Retreat Lake Expansion
Landsat image comparison of the Laigu Glacier in 1988 and 2015. The red arrow indicates the 1988 terminus and the yellow arrow the 2015 terminus location. The purple dots in 2015 indicate the snowline. Laigu (Lhagu) Glacier, China is in the Kangri Karpo Mountains of the Southeast Tibet Plateau and drains into the Salween River. This is the largest glacier in its region at 32 km in length. The glacier …
February 26, 2015
Mahsa Icefield Retreat and Separation, Baranof Island, Alaska
The Mahsa Icefield is at the headwaters of Takatz Creek. This is a small glacier, not an actual icefield. Five kilometers to the west is another small unnamed glacier at the headwaters of Sawmill Creek. Here we focus on changes in the two glacier using Landsat images from 1986 to 2014. Google Earth image In 1986 the Mahsa Icefield is a contiguous glacier that extended 5 km from east to …
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.