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September 14, 2017
Sulztalferner Retreat, Austria Bedrock Expansion Mid-Glacier
Sulztalferner in Landsat images from 1990 and 2017. Red arrow is the 1990 terminus, yellow arrow the 2017 terminus, purple dots the snowline and the green arrow an area of emergent bedrock amidst the glacier. Sulztalferner is a glacier in the Subaier Alps of Austria. The glacier begins at 3200 m below Daunkogel Peak and descends north from the peak. Schlicker (2006) identified that between 1969 and 2003, 14 of the 88 …
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.