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November 2, 2018
Breney Glacier Switzerland Accelerating Retreat 1988-2018
Breney Galcier, Switzerland in Landsat images from 1988 and 2018. Red arrow = 1988 terminus location, yellow terminus =2018 and purple dots the snowline. B=Breney Glacier, G=Gietro Glacier, L=Lateral Moraine, M=Lac Mauvoisin and O=Otemma Glacier. Breney Glacier (B) is in the next valley to the north of Otemma Glacier (O) and south of Gietro Glacier (G), it flows southwest into Lac de Mauvoisin (M). Breney Glacier is one of the …
March 7, 2017
Basodino Glacier, Switzerland Mass Balance Loss & Hydropower
Basodino Glacier in August and September of 2016 illustrating the upward shift of the snowline in the 15 days between the Landsat (left) and Sentinel (right) image. purple dots mark snowline. Basodino Glacier is a small northeast facing slope glacier in the southern Swiss Alps. The glacier is in the Ticino River watershed and supplies the Robiei Hydropower system. The glacier is in the same basin as Cavagnoli Glacier, which …
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.