[cogitator]

Glaciers have been melting for hundreds of years as the world has emerged from the Little Ice Age.

The term "accelerated" was used in the article and in the title of the article. Do you agree or disagree with the author's assessments of the recent trends in Alaska?

What TAR are you referring to? IPCC's Third Assessment Report? I would find that surprising.

[Number_Cruncher]

You are missing the point. The figures shows that worldwide the melting of glaciers has decelerated in the last 50 years compared to the previous 50 years. Some glaciers in Alaska may be an exception to this deceleration.

One Alaskan glacier that is surging.