Newsweek discusses new island formation in Alaska with Kreutz
Newsweek reported on the melting of The Alsek Glacier in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park, which has created a new island in Alsek Lake. The new land formation brings to light pre-existing concerns about global warming and rising sea levels. Karl Kreutz, University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences director and Climate Change Institute faculty member, said that “It appears that the local landscape is being reorganized — new shorelines and land/water connections, possibly new circulation patterns in the lake, and river drainages. We know that ice retreat is occurring throughout Alaska and the Yukon, which has important implications for sea level rise, ecosystems, water resources, and geohazards.”