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Thread #87391   Message #2815070
Posted By: mousethief
18-Jan-10 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where's the Global Warming
Subject: RE: BS: Where's the Global Warming
From here

Over the period 1946–2005, the WGMS have monitored 228 glaciers. In the early years, just several glaciers were monitored. Over time, observations from more glaciers across the globe were added to the database, giving us a broader picture of global glacier mass balance. The highest quality glacier observations are ongoing, continuous and long term. There are 30 glaciers in 9 different mountain ranges that have been continuously measured since 1976 (11 of them reaching back to 1960 and earlier). These are considered 'reference glaciers'.

(see page for charts)

What do these glacier observations reveal? The following table shows the mass balance of individual glaciers over 2002 and 2003. Negative values indicate shrinkage. We see that there are isolated glaciers that are growing. However, focusing solely on these few glaciers to indicate global glacier growth paints a very misleading picture. The vast majority of glaciers are receding. And importantly, the shrinking trend is increasing (eg - 77% in 2002, 94% in 2003).

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So, my answer to your question: No, not the tiny, well chosen contingent of shrinking glaciers, but all the glaciers taken together. Nice try, though.

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