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World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown
Times Online ^ | January 17, 2010 | Jonathan Leake and Chris Hastings

Posted on 01/16/2010 3:29:28 PM PST by lump in the melting pot

A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2035; glacier; glaciergate; glaciers; globalwarming; hasnain; himalaya
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1 posted on 01/16/2010 3:29:29 PM PST by lump in the melting pot
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To: lump in the melting pot
Hasnain has since admitted that the claim was "speculation" and was not supported by any formal research.

That's all "global warming" is. Speculation by junk scientists looking for government grants and government jobs.

2 posted on 01/16/2010 3:36:29 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Constitution?)
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To: lump in the melting pot
Where's Mr. Gore....heh, heh, heh.....

Hope his heat goes off in the middle of the night and he's gotta take a whizz...and someone glued the toilet seat down....

so he's gotta go outside where's there's a wolf pack prowling....and they let out a whoop and he didn't have time to unzip his pants and heh, heh, heh.....

3 posted on 01/16/2010 3:37:42 PM PST by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: lump in the melting pot
Some scientists have questioned how the IPCC could have allowed such a mistake into print. Perhaps the most likely reason was lack of expertise.

No, the most likely reason is that it supported the global warming alarmists that believe that man is the main cause (if not the sole cause) of climate change. Any charge, no matter how far-fetched or unscientific is being used to stop economic expansion and foster further government control over our lives.

4 posted on 01/16/2010 3:38:36 PM PST by CedarDave (What Obama and Osama have in common: Both release their terrorism statements on audio tape)
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To: lump in the melting pot

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5 posted on 01/16/2010 3:40:18 PM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: lump in the melting pot

Glacial retreat may be caused by deforestation around the base of the mountains. No moisture, no snow, no snow no glacial “feeding” and glacial sublimation. (Not Melt!)

Mount Kilimanjaro’s Glaciers Could Soon Vanish - US News and World ...
Nov 2, 2009 ... The casue of the galcial retreat on Mt. Kilimanjaro is deforestation - NOT GLOBAL WARMING. Theses glaciers are at an altitude that is ALWAYS ...
www.usnews.com/.../mount-kilimanjaros-glaciers-could-soon-vanish.html - Cached


6 posted on 01/16/2010 3:45:22 PM PST by WellyP
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To: lump in the melting pot

It was light out earlier now it’s dark. Did the sun die?


7 posted on 01/16/2010 3:45:34 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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It was light out earlier now it’s dark. Did the sun die?

Yeah, my SUV killed it!

8 posted on 01/16/2010 3:52:14 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: WellyP

The casue of the galcial retreat on Mt. Kilimanjaro is deforestation - NOT GLOBAL WARMING. Theses glaciers are at an altitude that is ALWAYS below freezing. The glacers are retreating because upwind deforestation has affected the cloud cover. Clouds moving upslope condense out as rain and snow. Lack of snowfall is the cause. Sublimation is the reduction of ice and snow in a cold dry climate. This information is widely known in Africa and the scientific community. Thompson knows this but ignores it to propogate a larger agenda.

Source - peer reviewed by the way -

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008AGUFM.C23A0599F


9 posted on 01/16/2010 3:53:09 PM PST by WellyP
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To: LibFreeOrDie

Thank goodness that was it. I was afraid that the tires and pressure treated lumber I burned in the backyard caused it.


10 posted on 01/16/2010 3:55:56 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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It was light out earlier now it’s dark. Did the sun die?

That describes the paganist thinking that the greenies are going. One example is Danny Glover’s genius theory behind the Haiti earthquake.


11 posted on 01/16/2010 4:48:35 PM PST by Fred Hayek (From this point forward the Democratic Party will be referred to as the Communist Party)
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To: lump in the melting pot; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; mmanager; enough_idiocy; FreedomPoster; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

12 posted on 01/16/2010 4:50:11 PM PST by steelyourfaith (Freedom from fat cat greedy Big Government tyranny IS a Right ... It IS the Constitution.)
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To: Fred Hayek

It was dry 2 hours ago. Now it is wet.. Is the sky crying to mourn the death of the sun?


13 posted on 01/16/2010 4:55:11 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: Fred Hayek

It was dry 2 hours ago. Now it is wet.. Is the sky crying to mourn the death of the sun?


14 posted on 01/16/2010 4:55:54 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
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To: lump in the melting pot

Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening
and expanding
http://www.iceagenow.com/Glaciers_in_western_Himalayas_thickening_and_expanding.htm

Partial list of glaciers around the globe that are growing.
http://www.iceagenow.com/List_of_Expanding_Glaciers.htm


15 posted on 01/16/2010 5:02:40 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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To: lump in the melting pot

At least some of the exaggerations are starting to get fixed now.

Climategate has provided a little cover for the scientists who want to fix things, but entire institutions need to adopt this stance to fix all the problems. A lot of scientists and institutions need to be embarrassed and have egg on their face before the science is based on reality (for the first time).


16 posted on 01/16/2010 5:44:38 PM PST by JustDoItAlways
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To: lump in the melting pot; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

ping


17 posted on 01/18/2010 6:57:43 AM PST by SeattleBruce (God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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To: cogitator

Ping of interest.


18 posted on 01/18/2010 7:45:21 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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