11,000 Years of Human Adaptation
to Climate Change in Wind River
Country
Jordan Walter
Students on Fire:
Chasing ICCE
The Interdisciplinary Climate Change
Re-photo project
1935
2015
From Ice…to Rock
Thompson et al – 44 glaciers from 1996- 2006 39% decrease in surface area
Maloof et al - Wind River Glaciers Volume declined 63% from 1966
Dinwoody Glacier : Fitzpatrick Wilderness Area
Wind River Range of Wyoming
Marston et al: Dinwoody Glacier has receded approximately 34% in the past 50 years
Dr. Marcy
Rockman
NPS Climate Change Adaptation
As long as water flows, or grass grows upon the earth, or the
sun rises to show your pathway … so long shall you be
Mapping the
glacier
perimeter
and surface
elevations
Dr. Marcy
Rockman
NPS Climate Change Adaptation