More record heat in the Northwest

[KittenKoder]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

They still have yet to explain what purpose the ice in these glaciers serve.

 

[Old Rocks]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

OK, you sniveling dipshit. You cannot name the glacier because you are repeating nonsense from wingnut sites without even checking to see if there is such a glacier. Name the goddamned glacier.

 

[Old Rocks]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

They still have yet to explain what purpose the ice in these glaciers serve.

Which means what, my schizo kitty.

 

[Old Rocks]

Dive, does the name Patagonian Andes mean anything to you? Have you ever looked at a world map?

 

[KittenKoder]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

They still have yet to explain what purpose the ice in these glaciers serve.

Which means what, my schizo kitty.

That you are still avoiding the question because you know nothing about the sciences ... like your "peer pressured" scientists your only spout whatever supports your agenda.

What does the ice in glaciers do in the natural cycle? What purpose do they serve?

 

[DiveCon]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

OK, you sniveling dipshit. You cannot name the glacier because you are repeating nonsense from wingnut sites without even checking to see if there is such a glacier. Name the goddamned glacier.

god damn, you are fucking STUPID
i asked YOU to name the fucking glacier that is GROWING
you named two in south america, but they are on the sourth tip when it would be expected to grow
i've been asking for one of your fucking morons to name one up near the equator that ISNT melting(where it SHOULD be expected for them TO be melting)

grow a fucking brain and understand the question

 

[DiveCon]

Dive, does the name Patagonian Andes mean anything to you? Have you ever looked at a world map?

yes, asshole, it does
but you cant seem to comprehend the fucking question

 

[elvis]

talking about melting glaciers on the fucking EQUATOR is stupid
of course they are gonna be melting

They still have yet to explain what purpose the ice in these glaciers serve.

Which means what, my schizo kitty.

that you fail to address those questions, you daft little fuck.

 

[DiveCon]

They still have yet to explain what purpose the ice in these glaciers serve.

Which means what, my schizo kitty.

that you fail to address those questions, you daft little fuck.

and its not even a hard question to answer

 

[Old Rocks]

Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes by Carolyn Kormann: Yale Environment 360

09 Apr 2009: Report
Retreat of Andean Glaciers
Foretells Global Water Woes
Bolivia accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. But it will soon be paying a disproportionately high price for a major consequence of global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a subsequent decline in vital water supplies.
by carolyn kormann

Earlier this year, the World Bank released yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports by global institutions and universities chronicling the melting of the world’s cryosphere, or ice zone. This latest report concerned the glaciers in the Andes and revealed the following: Bolivia’s famed Chacaltaya glacier has lost 80 percent of its surface area since 1982, and Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population.

And if warming trends continue, the study concluded, many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the water supplies of 77 million people in the region, but also reducing hydropower production, which accounts for roughly half of the electricity generated in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

 

[KittenKoder]

Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes by Carolyn Kormann: Yale Environment 360

09 Apr 2009: Report
Retreat of Andean Glaciers
Foretells Global Water Woes
Bolivia accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. But it will soon be paying a disproportionately high price for a major consequence of global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a subsequent decline in vital water supplies.
by carolyn kormann

Earlier this year, the World Bank released yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports by global institutions and universities chronicling the melting of the world’s cryosphere, or ice zone. This latest report concerned the glaciers in the Andes and revealed the following: Bolivia’s famed Chacaltaya glacier has lost 80 percent of its surface area since 1982, and Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population.

And if warming trends continue, the study concluded, many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the water supplies of 77 million people in the region, but also reducing hydropower production, which accounts for roughly half of the electricity generated in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

All fine and dandy ... even if accurate, what is the purpose of the ice in nature?

 

[DiveCon]

Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes by Carolyn Kormann: Yale Environment 360

09 Apr 2009: Report
Retreat of Andean Glaciers
Foretells Global Water Woes
Bolivia accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. But it will soon be paying a disproportionately high price for a major consequence of global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a subsequent decline in vital water supplies.
by carolyn kormann

Earlier this year, the World Bank released yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports by global institutions and universities chronicling the melting of the world’s cryosphere, or ice zone. This latest report concerned the glaciers in the Andes and revealed the following: Bolivia’s famed Chacaltaya glacier has lost 80 percent of its surface area since 1982, and Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population.

And if warming trends continue, the study concluded, many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the water supplies of 77 million people in the region, but also reducing hydropower production, which accounts for roughly half of the electricity generated in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

and what is the average mean temp in Bolivia?

 

[elvis]

Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes by Carolyn Kormann: Yale Environment 360

09 Apr 2009: Report
Retreat of Andean Glaciers
Foretells Global Water Woes
Bolivia accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. But it will soon be paying a disproportionately high price for a major consequence of global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a subsequent decline in vital water supplies.
by carolyn kormann

Earlier this year, the World Bank released yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports by global institutions and universities chronicling the melting of the world’s cryosphere, or ice zone. This latest report concerned the glaciers in the Andes and revealed the following: Bolivia’s famed Chacaltaya glacier has lost 80 percent of its surface area since 1982, and Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population.

And if warming trends continue, the study concluded, many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the water supplies of 77 million people in the region, but also reducing hydropower production, which accounts for roughly half of the electricity generated in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

and what is the average mean temp in Bolivia?

Climate Bolivia : average temperatures and rainfall

between 62 and 66 year round.

 

[DiveCon]

actually, here is a source that answers my own question

Bolivia

the temps range between 15°C and 20°C
the freezing point of water is 0°C
so, using that as a guide, how could those Glaciers EVER do anything other than MELT?

 

[DiveCon]

Retreat of Andean Glaciers Foretells Global Water Woes by Carolyn Kormann: Yale Environment 360

09 Apr 2009: Report
Retreat of Andean Glaciers
Foretells Global Water Woes
Bolivia accounts for a tiny fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions. But it will soon be paying a disproportionately high price for a major consequence of global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a subsequent decline in vital water supplies.
by carolyn kormann

Earlier this year, the World Bank released yet another in a seemingly endless stream of reports by global institutions and universities chronicling the melting of the world’s cryosphere, or ice zone. This latest report concerned the glaciers in the Andes and revealed the following: Bolivia’s famed Chacaltaya glacier has lost 80 percent of its surface area since 1982, and Peruvian glaciers have lost more than one-fifth of their mass in the past 35 years, reducing by 12 percent the water flow to the country’s coastal region, home to 60 percent of Peru’s population.

And if warming trends continue, the study concluded, many of the Andes’ tropical glaciers will disappear within 20 years, not only threatening the water supplies of 77 million people in the region, but also reducing hydropower production, which accounts for roughly half of the electricity generated in Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.

and what is the average mean temp in Bolivia?

Climate Bolivia : average temperatures and rainfall

between 62 and 66 year round.

a little warm for ICE, wouldnt you say?

 

[elvis]

and what is the average mean temp in Bolivia?

Climate Bolivia : average temperatures and rainfall

between 62 and 66 year round.

a little warm for ICE, wouldnt you say?

minor details.

 

[Old Rocks]

And what is the mean temperature in Glacier National Park?

Glaciers Disappear in Before & After Photos | LiveScience


Glaciers Disappear in Before & After PhotosBy Bjorn Carey, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 24 March 2006 02:10 pm ET
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Glacier National Park might soon need a new name.

The Montana park has 26 named glaciers today, down from 150 in 1850. Those that remain are typically mere remnants of their former frozen selves, a new gallery of before and after images reveals.

All arguments about global warming aside, now is a time of clear retreat by age-old ice packs in many locations around the world. Some retreat just a few inches or feet per year, but others are melting faster than a snow cone in Texas.

Good-bye Tribute

GALLERY: Before and After Photos of Montana's Disappearing Glaciers

Glacier Facts

About 10 percent of Earth's land is covered with glaciers.

During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32 percent of land.

Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world's fresh water.

Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4,200 meters) thick in some areas.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 230 feet (70 meters) worldwide.

SOURCE: NOAA




80 feet per day

Montana might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of glaciers. Elsewhere, however, the situation is similar.

 

[DiveCon]

And what is the mean temperature in Glacier National Park?

Glaciers Disappear in Before & After Photos | LiveScience


Glaciers Disappear in Before & After PhotosBy Bjorn Carey, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 24 March 2006 02:10 pm ET
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Glacier National Park might soon need a new name.

The Montana park has 26 named glaciers today, down from 150 in 1850. Those that remain are typically mere remnants of their former frozen selves, a new gallery of before and after images reveals.

All arguments about global warming aside, now is a time of clear retreat by age-old ice packs in many locations around the world. Some retreat just a few inches or feet per year, but others are melting faster than a snow cone in Texas.

Good-bye Tribute

GALLERY: Before and After Photos of Montana's Disappearing Glaciers

Glacier Facts

About 10 percent of Earth's land is covered with glaciers.

During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32 percent of land.

Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world's fresh water.

Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4,200 meters) thick in some areas.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 230 feet (70 meters) worldwide.

SOURCE: NOAA




80 feet per day

Montana might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of glaciers. Elsewhere, however, the situation is similar.

again, i am not one that is saying the glaciers arent melting
just that since the temps are mostly above freezing in those areas and have been for THOUSANDS of years, how could you expect them to NOT melt?

 

[elvis]

And what is the mean temperature in Glacier National Park?

Glaciers Disappear in Before & After Photos | LiveScience


Glaciers Disappear in Before & After PhotosBy Bjorn Carey, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 24 March 2006 02:10 pm ET
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Glacier National Park might soon need a new name.

The Montana park has 26 named glaciers today, down from 150 in 1850. Those that remain are typically mere remnants of their former frozen selves, a new gallery of before and after images reveals.

All arguments about global warming aside, now is a time of clear retreat by age-old ice packs in many locations around the world. Some retreat just a few inches or feet per year, but others are melting faster than a snow cone in Texas.

Good-bye Tribute

GALLERY: Before and After Photos of Montana's Disappearing Glaciers

Glacier Facts

About 10 percent of Earth's land is covered with glaciers.

During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32 percent of land.

Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world's fresh water.

Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4,200 meters) thick in some areas.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 230 feet (70 meters) worldwide.

SOURCE: NOAA




80 feet per day

Montana might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of glaciers. Elsewhere, however, the situation is similar.

again, i am not one that is saying the glaciers arent melting
just that since the temps are mostly above freezing in those areas and have been for THOUSANDS of years, how could you expect them to NOT melt?

He'll have to contact Al Gore for an answer to that one.

 

[KittenKoder]

And what is the mean temperature in Glacier National Park?

Glaciers Disappear in Before & After Photos | LiveScience


Glaciers Disappear in Before & After PhotosBy Bjorn Carey, LiveScience Staff Writer

posted: 24 March 2006 02:10 pm ET
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Glacier National Park might soon need a new name.

The Montana park has 26 named glaciers today, down from 150 in 1850. Those that remain are typically mere remnants of their former frozen selves, a new gallery of before and after images reveals.

All arguments about global warming aside, now is a time of clear retreat by age-old ice packs in many locations around the world. Some retreat just a few inches or feet per year, but others are melting faster than a snow cone in Texas.

Good-bye Tribute

GALLERY: Before and After Photos of Montana's Disappearing Glaciers

Glacier Facts

About 10 percent of Earth's land is covered with glaciers.

During the last Ice Age, glaciers covered 32 percent of land.

Glaciers store about 75 percent of the world's fresh water.

Antarctic ice is more than 2.6 miles (4,200 meters) thick in some areas.

If all land ice melted, sea level would rise approximately 230 feet (70 meters) worldwide.

SOURCE: NOAA




80 feet per day

Montana might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of glaciers. Elsewhere, however, the situation is similar.

Yadda yadda yadda ... What purpose does the ice in glaciers serve to nature?