[avacado]

"These include wastage of glaciers on all continents;"

Ooops! They forget to mention that Mt. Shasta and Mt. St. Helens in North America have GROWING glaciers! Why do they avoid this fact?

[cogitator]

Ooops! They forget to mention that Mt. Shasta and Mt. St. Helens in North America have GROWING glaciers! Why do they avoid this fact?

Because most glaciers are receding and only a few exceptions (like the Mount St. Helens special crater-shadow case) are advancing.