I would think so too. However if that is the case, I don't think the external ambient temperature would cause the internal base of the glacier where it contacts land to melt thus causing the glacier to "slide". Any such temperature would cause the external surface of the glacier to melt causing it to shrink.
My guess is that there is something going on underneath the glacier, such as increased volcanic activity that is causing a warming in the earth underneath the clacier.
huh,,,gee people ,,glaciers grow because of more snow,,,they advance because they are growing,,more SNOW,colder temps,,the global warming HOAX has got many doubting basic science,,when glaciers melt they recede,,shrink,,it’s been that way forever.
My guess is that there is something going on underneath the glacier,
Right you are, but it’s not volcanic activity. More snow and ice mean more weight on the glacier, more weight more pressure at the interface, more pressure more heat, basic earth science, 8th grade
...that makes sense. I don’t know, perhaps this rate of advancement is not that unusual, but the headline certainly proclaimed it as such. Perhaps there’s a spring or undergound watersource that has eroded the foundations?