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October 12, 2021
Sholes Glacier, WA and a Cascade of Ologies
Watercolor painting of Sholes Glacier. The small figure is at the current terminus of the glacier, and the photo that inspired this painting was taken from where the glacier used to end about 35 years prior. By Jill Pelto Sholes Glacier is on the northeast flank of Mount Baker, WA. We have spent the last 32 years completing detailed measurments on this glacier that has revealed a story of glacier …
August 23, 2017
Observing Glacier Runoff Changes Under the Same Weather Conditions
View of Sholes Glacier on August 8th in 2015 left and 2017 right. Note difference in ratio of snow surface to ice surface exposed. Sholes Glacier is at the headwaters of Wells Creek in North Fork Nooksack River watershed in Washington. We have been measuring the mass balance of this glacier annually since 1990 and runoff in detail since 2012 (Pelto, 2015). Glacier runoff in this watershed during late summer …
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.