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| Himalayan Glaciers Not Melting |
| 2009-11-15 |
| Apparently there is no evidence that glaciers in the Himalaya Mountains are retreating. According to the article linked here: The rumors may have originated in the Asia chapter of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) 2007 Working Group II report, which claims that Himalayan glaciers “are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate.” A study by Vijay Kumar Raina of several different groups of glaciers shows no significant retreat and some growth in portions of the range. Additionally, Canadian glaciologist Kenneth Hewitt says he observed five advancing glaciers and only a single one in retreat at K2, one of the highest peaks in the world. |
| Posted by:crosspatch |
| #7 "they can't now turn around and say (the truth as happens) that advancing Himalayan glaciers are a sign of global warming" Give 'em time, phil - they're very creative. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-11-15 22:06 |
| #6 The IPCC put together some alarming sounds statements that didn't mean anything. But which got endlessly repeated as dogma by the ignorant. Now that particular chicken is coming home to roost, because they can't now turn around and say (the truth as happens) that advancing Himalayan glaciers are a sign of global warming. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-11-15 21:43 |
| #5 2 facts about Himalayan glaciers, 1. Their advance retreat is determined by monsoon precipitation. Monsoon precipitation is determined by how hot Central Asia gets. Thus global warming (were it too happen) would cause Himalayan glaciers to advance. 2. The rivers the glaciers feed, flood in late summer with the monsoon (some miles wide). Any changes due to glacier melt would be like taking an egg cup full of water out of an olympic swimming pool and measuring the decrease in height. The ignorance about Himalayan glaciers is absymally low even by the already low standards of the AGW crowd. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-11-15 21:29 |
| #4 It doesn't matter if these glaciers are not retreating. Somewhere, there are glaciers that are retreating. That's the important thing! /agw zealot |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-11-15 20:53 |
| #3 perhaps AlGore and environmental chicken littles should pay financial and academic credential penalties for the societal/economic damage their grant-whoring costs us? / know..dream on |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-11-15 20:50 |
| #2 The glaciers I visited in Norway are growing according to the nice park officials I talked to. |
| Posted by: Free Radical 2009-11-15 20:30 |
| #1 The Global Warming zealots always pick their data sets to advance the narrative. Lying beats studying. Green is just the latest camouflage for the totalitarians, protective coloration after the Reds collapsed. |
| Posted by: rwv 2009-11-15 20:27 |