{"status": "Complete", "organizations": [{"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "09_42_45_439_UAA_300x300.png", "name": "University of Alaska Anchorage", "description": "The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state\u2019s largest post-secondary institution. UAA is comprised of six teaching units at the Anchorage campus, and four community campuses."}, {"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "09_20_38_65_EPSCoR_300x300.png", "name": "EPSCoR - Alaska Adapting to Changing Environments", "description": "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research - A nationwide research funding program administered by the National Science Foundation.    http://www.alaska.edu/epscor/"}, {"category": "Federal", "logo_name": "15_29_14_173_logo_USGS.png", "name": "US Geological Survey", "description": null}, {"category": "Federal", "logo_name": "6jc8g1ukz3_NSF.png", "name": "National Science Foundation", "description": "The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 \"to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense\u2026\""}], "links": [{"url": "https://ak-nsf-epscor.github.io/kenai-change/skilakGlacierChange.html", "category": "Website", "display_text": "Retreat of Skilak Glacier - Interactive Slider Graphic"}], "collections": [{"hidden": false, "name": "Alaska EPSCoR Southcentral Test Case", "description": "The Southcentral Test Case, based at the University of Alaska Anchorage, focuses on drivers of change in the communities of the Kenai River watershed. This collection includes data from work completed by Alaska EPSCoR Southcentral test case researchers and partners."}], "description": "Perspective rendering showing retreat of the Skilak Glacier, a major source of glacial runoff to the Kenai River. Colored lines indicate ice extent for 1952, 1978, and 2013 derived from aerial photographs. The toe of Skilak Glacier retreated only slightly between 1952 and 1978 and then it retreated rapidly over 4 km between 1978 and 2013, creating a new proglacial lake. An interactive slider graphic showing greater detail is available at https://ak-nsf-epscor.github.io/kenai-change/skilakGlacierChange.html\r\n\r\nFor more information, please see the following journal article: Schoen et al. 2017.  Fisheries.  \u201cFuture of Pacific Salmon in the Face of Environmental Change: Lessons from One of the World\u2019s Remaining Productive Salmon Regions.\u201d", "end_date": null, "title": "Retreat of Skilak Glacier 1952-2013 - Interactive Slider Graphic", "other_contacts": [{"phone": null, "name": "Mark Wipfli", "email": "mwipfli@alaska.edu"}, {"phone": null, "name": "Erik Schoen", "email": "eschoen@alaska.edu"}], "iso_topics": ["004", "007", "008", "012"], "tags": ["Skilak Glacier", "Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance"], "bounds": [], "start_date": null, "regions": ["Alaska", "Kenai Peninsula", "Southcentral"], "other_agencies": "EPSCoR - Alaska Adapting to Changing Environments, US Geological Survey, National Science Foundation", "data_types": [{"name": "Web Service", "description": null}], "archived_at": null, "primary_contacts": [{"phone": null, "name": "Frank Witmer", "email": "fwitmer@uaa.alaska.edu"}], "type": {"color": "#3a87ad", "name": "Data", "description": "catalog record for projects with associated data/observation files"}, "slug": "retreat-of-skilak-glacier-1952-2013-interactive-slider-graphic", "attachments": [{"category": "Primary Thumbnail", "file_name": "Screen Shot 2017-09-20 at 5.31.01 PM.jpg", "description": "", "file_size": 199377}]}