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October 23, 2018
Sermip Nunataa, Greenland No Longer a Nunatak
Sermip Nunataa (S) and nearby nunataks in 1993, Q, R and B in 1993 and 2018 Landsat images. Red dots indicate the 1993 margin. Sermip Nunataa (Nunatak-Island within ice sheet glacier) was a nunatak of the southern Greenland Ice Sheet between Sermilik Brae and Sondre Qipisaqqu Brae. Here we examine changes from 1993-2018 of the margin of the ice sheet in the area and the impact on this and neighboring …
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.