This post is a start to links and information that I want to keep track of related to glaciers on Mt. Rainier. http://glaciers.us/glaciers-washington (image credit for figure in this post) http://www.glaciers.pdx.edu/Projects/LearnAboutGlaciers/MRNP/Atlas10.html http://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/glaciers.htm (and links within) http://www.nps.gov/mora/learn/nature/mount-rainier-glaciers.htm http://www.glaciers.pdx.edu/Projects/LearnAboutGlaciers/MRNP/Res00.html http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount_rainier/mount_rainier_geo_hist_77.html http://faculty.washington.edu/jhrl/Research.html http://www.wonderlandtrailguide.com/ Some scientific publications: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr03368 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/39/7/639.short http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JF003086/abstract http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X14004103 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014JF003274/full http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379197000772 http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/32/1/81.short For recent work … Continue reading
Category Archives: Glacier
Introduction to glaciers
This summer a high-school student through the Seattle Pacific Science Center’s Discovery Corps program in the Track for Earth and Space Science Achievement (TESSA) is joining our UW glaciology group. Welcome to Chaja Levy! For the start of Chaja’s summer research project studying changes in Blue Glacier in the Olympic Mountains of Washington State, I … Continue reading
Local ice
Ice in the Pacific Northwest is melting. Loss of our ice and loss of ice from most other glaciated regions of the world means that glaciers are retreating, snowpack reservoirs are decreasing, and sea level is rising. Global ice loss is a signal of the severity of global climate change. Local ice loss is a … Continue reading
Partners in the Park
Friends of mine from University of Washington have organized another amazing summer opportunity in the Park, this time at Mt. Rainier. I look forward to contributing in any way that I can, and learning from this tremendous experience. Here is the description from their website: “Out of the forest at last there stood the mountain, … Continue reading