juamei wrote: jshell wrote:
Add to that that impartial surveys have found that 50% of glaciers are receeding and 50% of glaciers are growing - so, is it a worry, or has it been over-egged?
I for one would be interested in seeing said surveys...
Reported here: http://www.bhutanobserver.bt/himalayan-glaciers-not-retreating-says-new-report/
Also in the Telegraph, but people here would turn to stone of they open a DT link.
Another interesting link: http://www.iceagenow.com/Growing_Glaciers.htm
But, and the big 'But', we are in an interglacial period, we should be losing ice from all around the globe as we've done before. The issue is the total polarity of the viewpoints.
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