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May 4, 2017
Schlatenkees Accelerating Retreat, Austria 1988-2016
Schlatenkees comparison in 1999 and 2016 Landsat images. Red arrow is the 1988 terminus position, yellow arrow is the 2016 terminus location, purple dots indicate the snowline. Schlatenkess (Glacier) is in the Venediger Alps draining into the Innergschlöss a tributary of the Isel River. The glacier is part of the network of glaciers examined by the Austrian Alpine Club annual glacier terminus survey supervised by Andrea Fisher. Schlaten Glacier was …
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.