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December 5, 2016
Nevado Soral, Bolivia Glacier Retreat Separation Imminent 1988-2016
Landsat comparison from 1988 to 2016 of Nevado Soral Glaciers, Bolivia. Red arrow is the 1988 terminus, yellow arrow the 2016 terminus, orange arrow is the glacier junction and the purple arrow areas of rock expansion indicating upglacier thinning. Nevado Soral is in the Cordillera Apolobamba Range of the Bolivian Andes. A significant valley glacier flows south from the mountain joining a northward flowing glacier shortly above the terminus. The …
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.