potholer54 | Himalayan glaciers -- "no melt in 10 years" @potholer54 | Uploaded February 2012 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
The headlines recently announcing no melting of Himalayan glaciers for the past 10 years are, no surprise, not entirely accurate or telling the whole story. That's what you get for learning your science from the popular press. The rest of the story is far more interesting. As usual, I look at the scientific paper all this hype is based on, and it comes up with something that hasn't been so widely reported.
SOURCES:
0.27 "Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise" -- T. Jacob et. al., Nature, 8 Feb 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10847.
0.33 -- foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/09/himalayan-glaciers-have-lost-no-ice-in-past-10-years-new-study-reveals
1.28 -- jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-036#4
2.17 -- ibid.
2.34 -- ibid.
3.23 - "Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise" -- T. Jacob et. al., Nature, 8 Feb 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10847.
4:21 - rightwingnews.com/united-nations/professional-warmists-shocked-no-ice-melt-in-himalayas-still-say-were-doomed
4:34 - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/highest-peaks-have-cut-no-ice-in-past-10-years/story-e6frg8y6-1226267186824
4:39 - dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098798/New-satellite-data-reveals-glaciers-melting-far-slowly-UN-estimates.html
The headlines recently announcing no melting of Himalayan glaciers for the past 10 years are, no surprise, not entirely accurate or telling the whole story. That's what you get for learning your science from the popular press. The rest of the story is far more interesting. As usual, I look at the scientific paper all this hype is based on, and it comes up with something that hasn't been so widely reported.
SOURCES:
0.27 "Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise" -- T. Jacob et. al., Nature, 8 Feb 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10847.
0.33 -- foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/09/himalayan-glaciers-have-lost-no-ice-in-past-10-years-new-study-reveals
1.28 -- jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-036#4
2.17 -- ibid.
2.34 -- ibid.
3.23 - "Recent contributions of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise" -- T. Jacob et. al., Nature, 8 Feb 2012 doi:10.1038/nature10847.
4:21 - rightwingnews.com/united-nations/professional-warmists-shocked-no-ice-melt-in-himalayas-still-say-were-doomed
4:34 - http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/highest-peaks-have-cut-no-ice-in-past-10-years/story-e6frg8y6-1226267186824
4:39 - dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2098798/New-satellite-data-reveals-glaciers-melting-far-slowly-UN-estimates.html
