| Abstract: | Fifty years of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research on glacier change shows recent dramatic shrinkage of glaciers in three climatic regions of the United States. These long periods of record provide clues to the climate shifts that may be driving glacier change.
The USGS Benchmark Glacier Program began in 1957 as a result of research efforts during the International Geophysical Year (Meier and others, 1971). Annual data collection occurs at three glaciers that represent three climatic regions in the United States: South Cascade Glacier in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State; Wolverine Glacier on the Kenai Peninsula near Anchorage, Alaska; and Gulkana Glacier in the interior of Alaska (fig. 1). |
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| ProdID: | 97654 |
| Citation Author: | U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2009-3046 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Fifty-Year Record of Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, USA; 2009; FS; 2009-3046; U.S. Geological Survey |
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| Text: | Fifty-Year Record of Glacier Change Reveals Shifting Climate in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, USA; 2009; FS; 2009-3046; U.S. Geological Survey |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2009_3046.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3046/ |
| Date Other: | Tue, 7 Jul 2009 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
