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Posted on 12/01/2009 11:39:31 AM PST by decimon
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Some recent findings seem to contradict claims that the glaciers are retreating rapidly. Some glaciers are even said to be advancing.
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In the western Himalayas, some scientists have also reported findings that conflict with the long-held view that glaciers are retreating.
The Indian government has issued a discussion paper based on these findings.
It says: "Himalayan glaciers, although shrinking in volume and constantly showing a retreating front, have not in any way exhibited... an abnormal annual retreat, of the order that some glaciers in Alaska and Greenland are reported to have done.
"It is premature to make a statement that glaciers in the Himalayas are retreating abnormally because of global warming."
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It appears that the impact of climate change in the region could be far more complicated than previously thought.
And despite varying observations, experts do agree on one thing: there has to be an increased level of scientific observation to record the changes in Himalayan glaciers and make reliable predictions.
The absence of this data could make the issue of Himalayan glaciers a knotty one during the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Snouts of glaciers ping.
Thank goodness. I was getting worried about the poor sherpas drowning out there. Floating on blocks of ice, cannot hunt for food. Sad...
Seeing as, geologically speaking, we are coming out of an ice age, I suppose it makes sense that the glaciers would RETREAT.
Harder to hunt those Himalayan seals.
In other words, sometimes the weather’s warmer, sometimes it’s cooler. Surprise.
Key Question - Now will all those scientists who’ve been sucking on the public teat these last ten years with all this Global Warming crap research be giving us taxpayers our money back?
Locked answer - no.
You could be right on this - might be time to short GE...
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