And glaciers always expand and retreat at different and unpredictable rates. Actually, Chamonix lost a skier in a crevice and someone predicted 70 years or so later his body would appear and he was correct.
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > There is no 'stereotypical' Himalayan glacier," said Bookhagen. "This is in > clear contrast to the IPCC reports that lumps all Himalayan glaciers > together." > > Bookhagen noted that glaciers in the Karakoram region of Northwestern > Himalaya are mostly stagnating. However, glaciers in the Western, Central, > and Eastern Himalaya are retreating, with the highest retreat rates -- > approximately 8 meters per year -- in the Western Himalayan Mountains. The > authors found that half of the studied glaciers in the Karakoram region are > stable or advancing, whereas about two-thirds are in retreat elsewhere > throughout High Asia. This is in contrast to the prevailing notion that all > glaciers in the tropics are retreating. > (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110124162708.htm) > > SO as is noted...he is just saying that they are not all retreating, but a > majority of them are in retreat (aka shrinking, melting, etc...). Which > means that the region, overall is receiving less snowfall and longer warming > periods...with the exception of a few places meaning that there is some > localized weather differences. That isn't odd in mountainous regions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 15:43 > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Paul Krugman Blames Egypt Crisis On Global Warming > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Ian Skinner <h...@ilsweb.com> wrote: > >> The last I heard, glaciers are still melting and all that water is >> going to go somewhere. > > That was bad data and has been retracted. > > Even the left leaning Telegraph noticed this > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/8284223/Himalayan > -glaciers-not-melting-because-of-climate-change-report-finds.html > >> What is idiotic is people who think the northern hemisphere is the >> entire world. I wonder what all our Southern hemisphere neighbors >> currently suffering heatwaves and very energetic storms think about >> all the snow you keep harping about. > > So Hemp is the AC for the Antartic which is getting too much snow pack. Or > something like that. > > You do realize it's summer there? Heat waves in the summer in South America, > is that a new thing? > >> Don't you feel a little simpleton that global warming of a couple of >> degrees is a shit ton of energy when calculated over the entire >> surface of the globe, but that it is not going to equal year around 100 > degree days. > > I feel like a little simpleton trying to point out how ridiculous you sound. > Do you really think the earth has warmed a couple of degrees? > >> Stronger and heavier winters WHERE predicted by the proponents of >> climate change years ago BEFORE they arrived. Yet you seem to feel >> that those predictions coming true somehow proves the predictions wrong. > > They got caught lying and you still use it as proo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
