23 Jul 2005 - According to glaciologists, the Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier southeast of Greenland is now moving towards the sea at the "astonishing" rate of more than seven miles (12 km) per year.
The discovery came after recent measurements of the glacier were compared to those taken by NASA in 2002. During the 20th century the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier remained stable. Now it appears to be moving as much as 38 meters
(117 feet) per day.
"Glaciers act in the same way that a river does with a source and a mouth. The source is high in the mountains or at a higher latitude, where snow falls to contribute
to the source of the glacier and to feed it, allowing for advancement. This is rather like a conveyor belt, where snow falls at the top of the mountain, this additional
weight pushes the ice sheet further down, and then ends in the sea, where parts will break off to become icebergs.
The article blames the glacier's advance on "global warming."
They want it both ways, don't they? If the glaciers recede, it must be caused by "global warming." And if they advance? It must be "global warming." The trouble is that the public believes it. What a masterful piece of deception.
You can read the rest of the article, written by Matt Taylor, at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/23072005news.shtml
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It seems to me that the global warming / sea level rise advocates are trying to say that the ice that melts today could cause a similar sea level rise as after the last ice age.
It's like saying that one ice cube will fill a 5 gallon bucket with water if it melts.