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The glaciers of Mount Everest could shrink dramatically due to global warming, study finds
Washington Post ^ | May 27, 2015 | By Chris Mooney

Posted on 05/27/2015 9:01:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The iconic Mount Everest could see a major loss of its glaciers over the course of this century, according to a new scientific study that its chief author calls the “the first detailed modelling study of all glaciers in the Dudh Koshi basin in the Everest region of Nepal.”

The paper, published Wednesday in the journal The Crocosphere, was authored by glacier researcher Joseph Shea and several colleagues from France and the Netherlands.

“The biggest result here is that the glaciers in the basin, we find them to be more sensitive to temperature than anyone expected before,” says Shea.

To study them, the researchers used a glacier model and fired it with different climate change scenarios based on emissions pathways used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. And they found that in one extreme model run, glacial loss by the year 2100 could be 99 percent.

“The model we’re using is a tool, and there are more complex ways of modeling the glaciers, but we don’t have that information yet,” Shea says. “But this is the tool we’re using, and what that tool is showing is that the glaciers are quite sensitive.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatescientology; everest; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; hoax; marxism; mounteverest; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Never happen.


41 posted on 05/27/2015 11:07:59 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It shrinks?

42 posted on 05/27/2015 11:20:29 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")))))
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To: AU72
researcher Joseph Shea and several colleagues from France and the Netherlands. “The biggest result here is that the glaciers in the basin, we find them to be more sensitive to temperature than anyone expected before,”

Silly me, I was always taught that ice melts at temps. above 32 deg.F almost everywhere on earth.

43 posted on 05/27/2015 12:35:37 PM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. COULD, not WILL.
2. LIFE writ large on earth will adapt and survive, even humans.


44 posted on 05/27/2015 12:58:52 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: AU72

Or they could slide down and melt because of a big friggin earthquake.


45 posted on 05/27/2015 1:00:48 PM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We have to act now before it’s too late again.


46 posted on 05/27/2015 1:04:59 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Click HERE to activate this tag line.)
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To: AU72

This is great news. No more avalanches!


47 posted on 05/27/2015 3:25:24 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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48 posted on 05/27/2015 3:32:18 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"The glaciers of Mount Everest could shrink dramatically due to global warming, study finds"

Didn't the alarmists promise that the Mount Kilimanjaro snow would be gone by now?
49 posted on 05/27/2015 6:47:54 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Take heart: **Charlotte, N.C.

When children visit Santa Claus at Southpark Mall in Charlotte, N.C., this year, they*ll be doing it under a faux glacier, rather than a Christmas tree.

The shopping center says the change will make the Santa-visiting experience *fresh and exciting,* but already on social media Friday some were complaining about the replacement of a traditional Christmas symbol.**

More here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/nation-world/national/article43470480.html#storylink=cpy

Charming and inviting display.

Name *South Park*...doesn't go unnoticed


50 posted on 11/07/2015 4:28:39 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

Kinda looks like the Flintstone mobile rack of ribs.


51 posted on 11/07/2015 4:31:15 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

This PC crap has got me delirious!

I heard they’re turning the ice skating rink at Roc Center, NYC into a ghey bath.


52 posted on 11/07/2015 4:35:15 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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