Glacier Retreats in South Georgia
Unfortunately, unsurprisingly, retreat of glaciers is reported from many places.
HERE the retreat of the Hindle Glacier in South Georgia is recorded in a couple of images. Until about 2002 it joined with the Ross Glacier. Now they are two separate - and smaller - glaciers.
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| Hindle Glacier comparison in 1989 and 2015 Landsat images. Red arrow is 1989 terminus, pink arrow the 2015 terminus, yellow arrow the 2017 terminus location and green arrow the 2019 terminus location. |
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| Hindle Glacier comparison in 2017 and 2019 Landsat images. Red arrow is 1989 terminus, pink arrow the 2015 terminus, yellow arrow the 2017 terminus location and green arrow the 2019 terminus location.
In 30 years it has retreated 6.1km. 2km of that retreat was in the last 4 years.
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