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What I can't figure out is how a foot or two if snow shuts down a whole city. In the south 6 inches causes upheaval.. Why are people down there so soft? Why can't they deal with some snow? Global warming or not, a foot or two of snow should not shut down anything. Softies.
Aha I see, so discount the "surge" in certain glaciers, and use the glaciers that are "receeding" as propaganda center pieces. Therefore the science is not conclusive and controversial at best, including mans role.Are you Mexican or Okie? Nicest job of cherry picking I have seen in a long time.Yeah? That's strange, yet here are many more glaciers that are thickening as well. You see, the left is engaged in this propaganda war, and winning, unfortunately:[FONT=source_sans_prolight]Thickening Of Karakoram Glaciers In Himalayas Confirmed; Scientists Baffled By Satellite Images[/FONT]
At a time when most of the world's glaciers are thinning at a double rate, a few Himalayan glaciers have been growing thicker for over a decade now.
New satellite images and data have proved that some glaciers on the Karakoram mountain range, a part of the Himalayas, have gained ice mass, according to a report published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience.
Assessments of the state of health of Hindu-Kush-Karakoram-Himalaya glaciers and their contribution to regional hydrology and global sea-level rise suffer from a severe lack of observations. An anomalous gain of mass has been suggested for the Karakoram glaciers, but was not confirmed by recent estimates of mass balance, the scientists at France's National Centre for Scientific Research and the University of Grenoble noted in the report, titled Slight mass gain of Karakoram glaciers in the early twenty-first century.
Based on the images acquired from LANDSAT TM, which provides higher resolution and highly accurate images of the Earth's surface, scientists found that a few glaciers in the region surged and advanced between 1998 and 2008.
In many places in the world, there are a few glaciers that have gained in mass. But the vast majority have experianced major mass loss.
[FONT=source_sans_prolight]Sizing Up the Earth's Glaciers : Feature Articles[/FONT]
- India - Record snowfall revives 2,000 glaciers 17 Feb 11 - Already more snowfall this month than
1998 record for the entire month. Think you'll see
this in the mainstream media?
See India - Record snowfall revives 2,000 glaciers
- NORWAY Ålfotbreen Glacier
Briksdalsbreen Glacier
Nigardsbreen Glacier
Hardangerjøkulen Glacier
Hansebreen Glacier
Jostefonn Glacier
Engabreen glacier (The Engabreen glacier
is the second largest glacier in Norway. It is a
part (a glacial tongue) of the Svartisen glacier,
which has steadily increased in mass since the
1960s when heavier winter precipitation set in.)
- Norway's glaciers growing at record pace. The face of the Briksdal glacier,
an off-shoot of the largest glacier in Norway and mainland Europe, is growing by an
average 7.2 inches (18 cm) per day. (From the Norwegian daily Bergens Tidende.)
Click here to see mass balance of Norwegian glaciers:
NVE - Forside
Choose "English" (at top of the page), choose "Water,"
then "Hydrology,"then "Glaciers and Snow" from the menu.
You'll see a list of all significant glaciers in Norway.
(Thanks to Leif-K. Hansen for this info.)
- CANADA
Helm Glacier
Place Glacier
Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest mountain
17 Nov 08 – The ice-covered peak of Yukon's soaring Mount Logan
may be due for an official re-measurement after readings that suggest
this country's superlative summit has experienced a growth spurt.
See Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest mountain
- FRANCE
Mt. Blanc - See Mont Blanc Glacier almost doubles in size- ECUADOR
Antizana 15 Alpha Glacier
- ItalyWinter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer
10 Nov 09 - 'Their massive base depth last season meant it didn’t all melt
over the summer so they have nearly a metre and a half of snow on the glacier
ski area already." (The second story of this kind in two years.)
See Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer
Glaciers growing in Italy
8 Feb 11 - Glaciers are growing on two different mountains in Italy - Mount Canin and Mount Montasio. Will you see this in the main-stream media?
Glaciers growing in Italy
- SWITZERLAND
Silvretta Glacier
- KIRGHIZTAN
Abramov
- RUSSIA
Maali Glacier (This glacier is surging. See below)
- GREENLAND See Greenland Icecap Growing Thicker
Greenland glacier advancing 7.2 miles per year!The BBC recently ran
a documentary, The Big Chill, saying that we could be on the verge of an ice
age. Britain could be heading towards an Alaskan-type climate within a decade,
say scientists, because the Gulf Stream is being gradually cut off. The Gulf
Stream keeps temperatures unusually high for such a northerly latitude.
One of Greenland’s largest glaciers has already doubled its rate of advance,
moving forward at the rate of 12 kilometers (7.2 miles) per year. To see a
transcript of the documentary,
go to BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - Big Chill
Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker
4 Nov 05 - After gathering data for more than ten years, a team of
Norwegian-led scientists has found that the Greenland Ice Sheet is
actually growing thicker at its interior. See Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker
Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing
26 July 10 - Berlingske Glacier has steadily grown for the past
100 years. And yet, it's not counted in the glacier inventory. Why
haven't we heard about this growing glacier?
See Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing
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- CHILE
Pio XI, the largest glacier in South America, grows
50 meters in height, length and density every day.
See Pio XI - Largest glacier in Chile - Growing every day
- NEW ZEALAND
All 48 glaciers in the Southern Alps have grown during the past year.
The growth is at the head of the glaciers, high in the mountains, where they
gained more ice than they lost. Noticeable growth should be seen at the
foot of the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers within two to three years.(27 May 2003)
See New Zealand Glaciers Growing
Fox, Franz Josef glaciers defy trend - New Zealand's
two best-known glaciers are still on the march
31 Jan 07 - See Franz Josef Glacier still on the march
SeealsoPesky New Zealand Glaciers Growing
See also: Contrarian New Zealand Glaciers Keep Growing
- ARGENTINA
Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier, the largest glacier in Patagonia,
is advancing at the rate of 7 feet per day. The 250 km² ice formation,
30 km long, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice
Field. This ice field, located in the Andes system shared with Chile,
is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
Perito Moreno Glacier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- UNITED STATES
- Colorado (scroll down to see AP article)
- Washington (Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier* and Mt. Shuksan
- California (Mount Shasta - scroll down for info)
- Montana (scroll down for info)
- Glacier Peak, WA (scroll down for info
- Alaska (Mt. McKinley and Hubbard).
- SPAIN
Glaciers growing in Spain (Pyrinees)
10 Jan 11 - El glaciar del Infierno (glacier of Hell) has advanced.
The mainstream media seems to have somehow missed this.
See Glaciers growing in Spain (Pyrinees)
- Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding
18 Apr 09 - "Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica," says this
article. In addition, the South Pole has shown "significant cooling
in recent decades".
See Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding
- Antarctic ice grows to record levels 13 Sep 07 - While the Antarctic Peninsula area has warmed
in recent years and ice near it diminished during the Southern
Hemisphere summer, the interior of Antarctica has been colder
and ice elsewhere has been more extensive and longer lasting,See Antarctic ice grows to record levels
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- Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is growing
7 Dec 05 – Scientists Joughin and Bamber re-evaluated the mass balances
of the ice in Antarctica. "It is clear from the results of this study that the
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is not rapidly, or even slowly, wasting away.
Quite to the contrary, it is growing."
See Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf growing
- Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!
10 May 09 – This from climatologist Cliff Harris of the Coeur d’Alene Press.
It's possible that the glacier could close the fjord by later this summer if the
current rate speeds up, says Harris.
See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!
- Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back
19 Feb 08 - A Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly
a third more ice in Antarctica than usual, challenging the global warming crusaders and
buttressing arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing global warming.
See Most snow cover since 1966
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- Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier Advancing Three Feet Per Day
25 Jun 07 - See Crater Glacier
- Against odds, glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St. Helens15 May 08 – See Glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St. Helens
- Mount St. Helens glacier (Crater Glacier) growing 50 feet per year
September 20, 2004 - See Mount St. HelensLargest glacier in Argentina advancing
- Glaciers growing on California's Mount Shasta!
12 Oct 03 - See Mount Shasta Glaciers Growing
9 Jul 08 - See also California Glaciers Growing
28 Mar 11 - See also Glaciers growing on Mt. Shasta
- Geologists Unexpectedly Find 100 Glaciers in Colorado
7 Oct 01 See Colorado Glaciers Growing
- Washington's Nisqually Glacier Advancing
But headline says "State's shrinking glaciers: Going ... going ... gone?"
1 Nov 06 - As far as I’m concerned, this Seattle Times article is another
case of misleading - if not downright dishonest - reporting.
See Nisqually Glacier AdvancingSee also Nisqually Glacier
- Glaciers in Montana's Glacier Park on the verge of growing
5 Oct 2002. See Glacier Park
- Antarctic Ice Sheet is growing thicker
See Antarctic Icecap Growing ThickerSee Construction crane buried in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
15 Jun 09 – "Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is (supposedly) one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.”
See Largest glacier in Argentina advancing
Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!
10 May 09 – This from climatologist Cliff Harris of the Coeur d’Alene Press.
It's possible that the glacier could close the fjord by later this summer if the
current rate speeds up, says Harris.
See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!
Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
16 Oct 08 – Email from reader
Before I moved to CO in 2005 it was obvious that the glaciers and snow
had receded and rock was visible in areas all the way to the peak. The glaciers
and snow are back now ... completely covered in white from top to bottom,
and this is after the "warm" summer months here in the PNW.
See Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
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Glaciers in Norway Growing AgainScandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors
results in Alaska, elsewhere, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
See Glaciers in Norway Growing Again
Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding
Arctic ice cover above it’s 30-year average23 Nov 08 - A study published by the American Meteorological Society
found that glaciers are only shrinking in the eastern Himalayas. Further
west, in the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram, glaciers are "thickening
and expanding".
See Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding
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Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
16 Oct 08 - High snowfall and cold weather to blame leading
to the increase in glacial mass.
See Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
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.Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a new Little Ice Age?
14 Oct 08 – “Never before in the history of a research project dating back
to 1946 had the Juneau Icefield witnessed the kind of snow buildup that
came this year. It was similar on a lot of other glaciers too.
See Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a new Little Ice Age?
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.Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
Glacial Experts Question Theory of Global Warming
15 Feb 07 - See Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
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Yes, glaciers occasionally surge when we get one or two years of heavy precipitation. But if one reviews the photographic records provided by the USGS, you can clearly see the vast majority of glaciers have been undergoing rapid recession. And I certainly trust the USGS far more than some anonymous poster.
The Willamette Valley used to get heavy wet snowfalls, after the late 50's, these very seldom happened. In 1978, the new mayor of Eugene decided to sell off the snow removal equipment for some needed cash, since it had not been used for years. Of course, in 1979, they had a 3 foot snowfall. And the poor fellow was a one term mayor.What I can't figure out is how a foot or two if snow shuts down a whole city. In the south 6 inches causes upheaval.. Why are people down there so soft? Why can't they deal with some snow? Global warming or not, a foot or two of snow should not shut down anything. Softies.
It's because states in the Mid-Atlantic and South don't budget for this type of snowfall. Most people in my neighborhood don't have a snowblower and many people don't have SUVs. No sense in budgeting for something you might need a few days a year and many times not at all.
We've had record snowfalls in many Eastern states over the last 48 hours.
Well, here's some direct quotes by experts in the past, I wonder how their predictions panned out. Let's not let the facts get in our way now, leftist whackjobs may proceed to put heads back in the sand, on the count of 3...
"Winters with strong frost and lots of snow like we had 20 years ago will cease to exist at our latitudes.”
Mojib Latif, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, 1 April 2000
Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event. … Children just aren’t going to know what snow is.”
David Viner, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, 20 March 2000
A. Just because things are warmer, doesn't necessarily mean there will be less snow. Warm up by 5 degrees and it will still snow, as long as the temp is under 32 F.Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event.
A. Just because things are warmer, doesn't necessarily mean there will be less snow. Warm up by 5 degrees and it will still snow, as long as the temp is under 32 F.Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event.
B. Watch the news and you'll see what an exciting event snow is. If it happened all the time, do you think TV would devote so much time to it?
A real thinking person would ask themselves, "What made them change their minds so fast?" Maybe this:Who to believe?
Warmer air holds more moisture, so there could actually be an increase in snow before the predicted time when we stop getting snow.Yeah but two years in a row of record snowfalls? Come on.A. Just because things are warmer, doesn't necessarily mean there will be less snow. Warm up by 5 degrees and it will still snow, as long as the temp is under 32 F.Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event.
B. Watch the news and you'll see what an exciting event snow is. If it happened all the time, do you think TV would devote so much time to it?
Aha, so the reason they claimed a coming ice age before, was because of overpupolation, industrialization, and various gasses created by humans in the atmosphere, and today, those same exact reasons are causing global warming?!A real thinking person would ask themselves, "What made them change their minds so fast?" Maybe this:Who to believe?
Ice age delayed by humans... by 100,000 years - CNN.com
Warmer air holds more moisture, so there could actually be an increase in snow before the predicted time when we stop getting snow.Yeah but two years in a row of record snowfalls? Come on.A. Just because things are warmer, doesn't necessarily mean there will be less snow. Warm up by 5 degrees and it will still snow, as long as the temp is under 32 F.Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event.
B. Watch the news and you'll see what an exciting event snow is. If it happened all the time, do you think TV would devote so much time to it?
Depends how cold it is. Didn't I make that clear earlier? I guess you missed this post!Aha, so when scientists predicted we will have less snow they were bullshitting. That's what I like about global warming,nits never wrong, warm or cold, snow or sun.
So I guess "the scientific community" in the 70's was fulla shit.
Depends how cold it is. Didn't I make that clear earlier? I guess you missed this post!Aha, so when scientists predicted we will have less snow they were bullshitting. That's what I like about global warming,nits never wrong, warm or cold, snow or sun.
So I guess "the scientific community" in the 70's was fulla shit.
A real thinking person would ask themselves, "What made them change their minds so fast?" Maybe this:
Ice age delayed by humans... by 100,000 years - CNN.com
Perhaps you should study up on the theory and then get back to us.
