Global Warming

[Paddy]

LOL! The World Glacier Monitoring Service is unequivocal, the overwhelming majority of glaciers are losing mass balance [=shrinking]. But for anyone who really want individual glaciers [and is allergic to Google] ...

As Europe was mentioned: Over the five-year period from 2000-2005, 115 of 115 glaciers examined in Switzerland retreated, 115 of 115 glaciers in Austria reatreated, in Italy during 2005 50 glaciers were retreating and 3 stationary , and all 7 glaciers observed in France were in retreat ... As an example, since 1870 the Argentière Glacier and Mont Blanc Glacier have receded by 1,150 m (3,770 ft) and 1,400 m (4,600 ft), respectively. The largest glacier in France, the Mer de Glace, which is 11 km (6.8 mi) long and 400 m (1,300 ft) thick, has lost 8.3% of its length, or 1 km (0.62 mi), in 130 years, and thinned by 27%, or 150 m.

...In examining 612 glaciers in China between 1950 and 1970, 53% of the glaciers studied were retreating. After 1990, 95% of these glaciers were measured to be retreating,

... Glaciers in the Mount Everest region of the Himalayas are all in a state of retreat. The Rongbuk Glacier, draining the north side of Mount Everest into Tibet, has been retreating 20 m (66 ft) per year

More examples than you could feasibly require here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retreat...ers_since_1850

The head of the IPCC had has to retract claims that half the glaciers in the Himalayas will have melted by 2035. this included Rongbuk Glacier that is actually getting thicker.

The Argentière Glacier and Mont Blanc Glacier have receded by 1,150 meters. That is impossible because that would mean that the glacier once covered the town of Les Chosale.



http://maps.google.co.uk/maps

[doodab]

The Argentière Glacier and Mont Blanc Glacier have receded by 1,150 meters. That is impossible because that would mean that the glacier once covered the town of Les Chosale.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps

I think you may have failed to take trigonometry into account there. 1.2km on that google maps aerial view is about 1.68km down the side of the hill, because being a mountain it's on a bit of a slope.