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October 19, 2023
Future Prospects Vanishing: 40th Field Season North Cascade Glacier Climate Project Results
The summer of 2023 was our 40th field season observing the response of North Cascade glaciers to climate change. Each year we visit a series of glaciers on the same date to complete our annual examination. We carry all of the equipment to each field site in backpacks and camp in tents near the glacier. All the glaciers we observe, except Easton Glacier, are in Wilderness Areas. This precludes the …
February 19, 2016
Foss Glacier, WA Needs Snow Queen Elsa’s Help to Survive
Comparison of Foss Glacier in 1988 and 2015 from the west ridge of Mount Daniel. The glacier has lost 70% of its area in 30 years. Black arrows indicate bedrock area emerging amidst the glacier. Foss Glacier is a slope glacier covering the northeast face of Mount Hinman at the head of the South Fork Skykomish River in the North Cascades of Washington. In the 1958 map of the region …
May 19, 2015
Skykomish River, Washington Reduced Minimum River Flow and Glacier Retreat
Fording the outlet of Blanca Lake, headwater North Fork Skykomish River. The focus this spring has been on the developing drought in Washington as a result of record low snowpack, the winter was a record warmth though not dry. The focus of this article is on another component of many alpine watersheds, glacier runoff, both the ameliorating role and their reduced ability as they shrink to augment flow during low …
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.