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in 1971, 53 of them had disappeared completely by 2006. Another nine are also expected to disappear if current climate patterns continue. In addition, three glaciers in particular pose economic and environmental risks if they retreat much further.
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imagery from the past and compared it to more recent imagery to make comparisons between the extent of glacial coverage over periods spanning decades.
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Pelto has stated that of the 756 glaciers that were identified in the North Cascades by the
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of the North Cascade glaciers. More recently, Pelto has used
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and director of the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project.
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Mauri Pelto

professor
environmental science
Nichols College
Dudley, Massachusetts
North Cascades
U.S. state
Washington
mass balance
are retreating
global warming
accumulation zone
Landsat
U.S. Geological Survey



"Meet Mauri Pelto, Glaciologist"
"Vanishing Glaciers"
"Change in longitudinal profile on three North Cascades glaciers during the last 100 years"
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2004HyPr...18.1139P
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10.1002/hyp.5513
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