On Feb 18, 7:26 pm, "ZN00B" wrote:
"Vote out Brendan Nelson" wrote in t.com.au...



Surfer wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:28:26 +1100, "ZN00B" wrote:
Jan 08 Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover, Largest Anomaly Since 1966
9 Feb 2008
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com...orthern-hemisp....

There have been a number of indications that January 2008 has been
an exceptional month for winter weather in not only North America,
but the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Will global warming trigger a new ice age?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...mment.research

If climate change disrupts ocean currents, things could get very
chilly round here, reports Bill McGuire
"It is the Gulf Stream, and associated currents, that allow
strawberries to thrive along the Norwegian coast, while at comparable
latitudes in Greenland glaciers wind their way right down to sea
level. The same currents permit palms to flourish in Cornwall and the
Hebrides, whereas across the ocean in Labrador, even temperate
vegetation struggles to survive. Without the Gulf Stream,
temperatures
in the UK and north-west Europe would be five degrees centigrade or
so
cooler, with bitter winters at least as fierce as those of the
so-called Little Ice Age in the 17th to 19th centuries"

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You'll find in future years as glaciers continue melt then eventually
disappear living condition will become unbearable. Which I mean low
lying countries will be flooded, food and fresh water resources will
become scarcer.

ROTFLMAO

Partial List Of Growing Glaciers

http://www.iceagenow.com/List_of_Expanding_Glaciers.htm

NORWAY

Ålfotbreen Glacier

Briksdalsbreen Glacier

Nigardsbreen Glacier

Hardangerjøkulen Glacier

Hansebreen Glacier

Jostefonn Glacier

Engabreen glacier (The Engabreen glacier

is the second largest glacier in Norway. It is a

part (a glacial tongue) of the Svartisen glacier,

which has steadily increased in mass since the

1960s when heavier winter precipitation set in.)

Norway's glaciers growing at record pace. The face of the Briksdal
glacier, an off-shoot of the largest glacier in Norway and mainland
Europe, is growing by an average 7.2 inches (18 centimeters) per day.
(From the Norwegian daily Bergens Tidende.) Seehttp://www.sepp.org/controv/afp.html

Click here to see mass balance of Norwegian glaciers:

http://www.nve.no/

Choose "English" (at top of the page), choose "Water,"

then "Hydrology," then "Glaciers and Snow" from the menu.

You'll see a list of all significant glaciers in Norway.

(Thanks to Leif-K. Hansen for this info.)

CANADA

Helm Glacier

Place Glacier

ECUADOR

Antizana 15 Alpha Glacier

SWITZERLAND

Silvretta Glacier

KIRGHIZTAN

Abramov

RUSSIA

Maali Glacier (This glacier is surging. See below)

GREENLAND See Greenland Icecap Growing Thicker

Greenland glacier advancing 7.2 miles per year! The BBC recently ran a
documentary, The Big Chill, saying that we could be on the verge of an
ice age. Britain could be heading towards an Alaskan-type climate within
a decade, say scientists, because the Gulf Stream is being gradually cut
off. The Gulf Stream keeps temperatures unusually high for such a
northerly latitude.

One of Greenland's largest glaciers has already doubled its rate of
advance, moving forward at the rate of 12 kilometers (7.2 miles) per
year. To see a transcript of the documentary, go tohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/bigchilltrans.shtml

NEW ZEALAND

All 48 glaciers in the Southern Alps have grown during the past year.

The growth is at the head of the glaciers, high in the mountains, where
they

gained more ice than they lost. Noticeable growth should be seen at the

foot of the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers within two to three years.(27
May 2003)

Fox, Franz Josef glaciers defy trend - New Zealand's two
best-known

glaciers are still on the march - 31 Jan 07 - See Franz Josef
Glacier

SOUTH AMERICA

- Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier (the largest glacier in
Patagonia)

is advancing at the rate of 7 feet per day. The 250 km² ice
formation,

30 km long, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian
Ice

Field. This ice field, located in the Andes system shared with
Chile,

is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier

- Chile's Pio XI Glacier (the largest glacier in the southern
hemisphere)

is also growing.

UNITED STATES

- Colorado (scroll down to see AP article)

- Washington (Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier* and Mt. Shuckson)

(scroll down to see photo of Mt. Baker)

- California (Mount Shasta - scroll down for info)

- Montana (scroll down for info)

- Alaska (Mt. McKinley and Hubbard).

(scroll down to see article on Hubbard Glacier)

Mount St. Helens' Crater Glacier Advancing Three Feet Per Day

25 Jun 07 - See Crater Glacier

.

Mount St. Helens glacier (Crater Glacier) growing 50 feet per year
September 20, 2004 - See Mount St. Helens

Glaciers growing on California's Mount Shasta!

12 Oct 03 - See Mount Shasta Glaciers Growing

Geologists Unexpectedly Find 100 Glaciers in Colorado

7 Oct 01 See Colorado Glaciers Growing

Washington's Nisqually Glacier is Growing

See Nisqually Glacier

Glaciers in Montana's Glacier Park on the verge of growing

5 Oct 2002. See Glacier Park

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Regards

Bonzo

"In scientific circles, C02 is referred to as a `trace gas' that, for
hundreds of thousands of years, has remained at or below five
ten-thousandths of the atmosphere by volume. Even among the so-called
`greenhouse gases' (GHG), C02 accounts for less than 4%, with water
vapour being by far the most significant GHG. C02 is clearly a
miniscule component of the massive mechanisms that create climate and
cause climate change."
Dr. Timothy Ball, Chairman of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project
(NRSP.com), Former Professor Of Climatology, University of Winnipeg

The glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula are in rapid retreat.

A detailed study reported in Science magazine shows nearly 90% of the
ice bodies streaming down from the mountains to the ocean are losing
mass.

But the authors - a joint team from the British-Antarctic and US-
Geological Surveys - say the big melt could have a number of complex
causes.

Although higher air temperatures are a factor, they say, the full
picture may go beyond just simple global warming.


This study demonstrates the enormous importance of gathering long-term
data
Dr Andrew Sugden, Science magazine,
"The overall picture is of glaciers retreating in a pattern that
suggests the most important factor is atmospheric warming; we can
connect the retreat with the observed warming recorded at climate
stations along the peninsula," explained Dr David Vaughan, from the
British Antarctic Survey (Bas).

"But it's not a perfect fit; there seem to be other factors involved
as well - possibly to do with changing ocean currents and
temperatures," he told BBC News.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Two of Greenland's largest glaciers are retreating at
an alarming pace, most likely because of climate warming, scientists
said Wednesday. The other glacier, Helheim, is retreating at about 7
miles a year -- up from 4 miles a year during the same period.

"It's quite a staggering rate of increase," Hamilton said at the
American Geophysical Union annual meeting.

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Southern Alaskan glaciers are very sensitive to climate
change, Sauber added. Many glaciers have shrunk or
disappeared over the last 100 years. The trend, which appears
to be accelerating, seems to be caused by higher temperatures
and changes in precipitation.

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Satellite imagery being presented today shows that the great majority
of the world's glaciers are melting at rates equal to or greater than
long-established trends, including some that are receding at alarming
and accelerating paces.

If the climate warms at an accelerated rate over the next century, as
some scientists predict, the glaciers would be adversely affected,
scientists said.

Though most glaciers are receding, the joint study by NASA and the
United States Geological Survey (USGS) found that a small minority of
them are increasing their bulk. Early results of the project are being
discussed today by Jeff Kargel, a USGS scientist, at the American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.