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June 13, 2017
Torfajökull, Iceland Accumulation Zone Demise Drives Recession
Torfajökull in 1994, adn 2014 Landsat images. Note the lack of retained snowpack in 2014 and emerging bedrock areas within icecap, purple arrows. Torfajökull is a small ice cap north of Myrsdaljökull in Iceland. The glacier’s lowest elevation is 750 m and the highest elevation is 1150 m. This low of an elevation range in a climate driving higher snowlines places this type of ice cap at great risk for …
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.