Anyone who has ever watched ice melt knows, as it gets colder since 1895 the process speeds up.
Because the ice age that put them there ended long ago, and they have been melting ever since.
Anyone who has ever watched ice melts knows, as it melts the process speeds up.
just sayin
Because the ice age that put them there ended long ago, and they have been melting ever since.
Anyone who has ever watched ice melts knows, as it melts the process speeds up.
just sayin
Because the ice age that put them there ended long ago, and they have been melting ever since.
Anyone who has ever watched ice melts knows, as it melts the process speeds up.
just sayin
No, they have not been receding ever since. During some colder periods they have expanded. Just sayin' that you should do a little research rather than just running off your mouth concerning matters about which you have no knowledge.
Global glacier retreat
Recent Global Glacier Retreat Overview
In recent years I have been asked to write the section on Glacier and Ice Sheets for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Annual State of the Climate report, for example BAMS State of the Climate 2008 or 2009. This forces me to keep up with investigations of glacier terminus change around the globe. This article documents some of the observations. In historic times, glaciers grew during the Little Ice Age, a cool period from about 1550 to 1850. Subsequently, until about 1940, glaciers around the world retreated as climate warmed. Glacier recession declined and reversed, in many cases, from 1950 to 1980 as a slight global cooling occurred. Since 1980, glacier retreat has become increasingly rapid and ubiquitous, so much so that it has threatened the existence of many of the glaciers of the world [1]. This process has increased markedly since 1995, leading to such bizarre steps as covering sections of Austrian alpine glaciers with plastic to retard melting. The World Glacier Monitoring Service [2] has noted 19 consecutive years of negative mass balances, that is volume losses. If a business had 19consecutive losing years they would be bankrupt. This can lead to the disappearance of a glacier as seen below with Milk Lake Glacier and Lewis Glacier, North Cascades, Washington. Which melted away between 1988 and 1995, creating Milk Lake. It also raises the need to forecast survival of individual smaller alpine glaciers.
I have been to many of the glaciers this article covers. And have seen, personally, the recession of these glaciers since 1972.
Because the ice age that put them there ended long ago, and they have been melting ever since.
Anyone who has ever watched ice melts knows, as it melts the process speeds up.
just sayin
No, they have not been receding ever since. During some colder periods they have expanded. Just sayin' that you should do a little research rather than just running off your mouth concerning matters about which you have no knowledge.
Global glacier retreat
Recent Global Glacier Retreat Overview
In recent years I have been asked to write the section on Glacier and Ice Sheets for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Annual State of the Climate report, for example BAMS State of the Climate 2008 or 2009. This forces me to keep up with investigations of glacier terminus change around the globe. This article documents some of the observations. In historic times, glaciers grew during the Little Ice Age, a cool period from about 1550 to 1850. Subsequently, until about 1940, glaciers around the world retreated as climate warmed. Glacier recession declined and reversed, in many cases, from 1950 to 1980 as a slight global cooling occurred. Since 1980, glacier retreat has become increasingly rapid and ubiquitous, so much so that it has threatened the existence of many of the glaciers of the world [1]. This process has increased markedly since 1995, leading to such bizarre steps as covering sections of Austrian alpine glaciers with plastic to retard melting. The World Glacier Monitoring Service [2] has noted 19 consecutive years of negative mass balances, that is volume losses. If a business had 19consecutive losing years they would be bankrupt. This can lead to the disappearance of a glacier as seen below with Milk Lake Glacier and Lewis Glacier, North Cascades, Washington. Which melted away between 1988 and 1995, creating Milk Lake. It also raises the need to forecast survival of individual smaller alpine glaciers.
I have been to many of the glaciers this article covers. And have seen, personally, the recession of these glaciers since 1972.
Sure there have been some periods of expansion as you say, But over all since the end of the last ice age they have been receding.
Do you deny that?
Oh and I guess we just have to take you word for it that you have visited many of these glaciers eh.
The primary driver of the glacial cycles is the Milankovic Cycles. By those cycles, the glaciers should either be expanding, or holding even.
Since this is an ananamous internet board, you just have to take my word for the fact that I even exist.
