“We are in this unique position where we have ice core records from these mountaintops, and #Landsat has these detailed images of the glaciers, and if we combine those two data sets, we see clearly what is happening.” —Lonnie Thompson, lead author
Dr. Lonnie Thomposon and his team have been working and publishing on glacier ice disappearing on mountaintops, they have been partnering with Landsat under NASA.
This work was recently featured in a news article by OSU News, and Nasa!
https://news.osu.edu/mountaintop-glacier-ice-disappearing-in-tropics-around-the-world/
https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/mountaintop-glacier-ice-disappearing-tropics-worldwide