Malaspina Glacier, world’s largest piedmont glacier, surges approximately every 10 years

Fairbanks AK (SPX) Jan 06, 2022

Understanding the surges and retreats of Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier is key if climate change models are to be applied to the glacier with confidence. Work by graduate student Victor Devaux-Chupin at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute is providing some answers.

The Malaspina consists of three lobes, each fed by its own glacier. The Agassiz glacier becomes the Malaspina
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