Open AccessWidespread Alaska glacier retreat likely not due to climate change
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo240011
Subject(s) - glacier , tidewater glacier cycle , climate change , glacier mass balance , physical geography , cirque glacier , geology , climatology , geography , oceanography , cryosphere , biology , sea ice , lactation , ice calving , ice stream , genetics , pregnancy
Alaska's Columbia Glacier, which has shed half its mass since 1957, is a dramatic example of how quickly glaciers can shrink. Yet while Columbia has shown a huge decline, a new analysis by McNabb and Hock has found that other glaciers in the region have retreated far less, or even advanced, over the past 6 decades.