Global warming causing some Himalayan glaciers to grow

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Researchers at Newcastle University looked at temperature trends in the western Himalaya over the past century.

They found warmer winters and cooler summers, combined with more snow and rainfall, could be causing some mountain glaciers to increase in size.

The findings are significant, because temperature and rain and snow trends in the area impact on water availability for more than 50 million Pakistanis.

Researchers focussed on the Upper Indus Basin, which is the mainstay of the national economy of Pakistan and has 170,000 sq km of irrigated land - an area two-thirds the size of the UK.

Dr Hayley Fowler, senior research associate at the university's school of civil engineering and geosciences, said: "Very little research of this kind has been carried out in this region and yet the findings from our work have implications for the water supplies of around 50 million people in Pakistan."

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The findings are published in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/5283278.stm

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Don't tell AlGore.

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Don't tell AlGore.

don't tell steven either

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Don't tell AlGore.

Gore didn't even write his books original--his style shows evidence of plagiarism from Farley Mowat (who can't easily enter US to file libel case, due to his vocal commie sympathies).

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hmmm. al stole this .,.next you be telling me he did not invent the internet

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hmmm. al stole this .,.next you be telling me he did not invent the internet

He did not create the Internet. He only "took the initiative in creating the Internet"

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Al gore has been offered the chance to convert his 3 houses power supply to use green (renewable energy) for an extra 2 cents per KW. He originally declined the offer and only now is 'thinking' about getting his power switched..

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Al gore has been offered the chance to convert his 3 houses power supply to use green (renewable energy) for an extra 2 cents per KW. He originally declined the offer and only now is 'thinking' about getting his power switched..

Maybe he saw this study before we did and knew that by converting his homes to renewable energy, he'd be harming the Himalayan glaciers on which the entire nation of Pakistan depends.

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Al gore has been offered the chance to convert his 3 houses power supply to use green (renewable energy) for an extra 2 cents per KW. He originally declined the offer and only now is 'thinking' about getting his power switched..

Maybe he saw this study before we did and knew that by converting his homes to renewable energy, he'd be harming the Himalayan glaciers on which the entire nation of Pakistan depends.

that tricky bastage!

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Researchers at Newcastle University looked at temperature trends in the western Himalaya over the past century.

They found warmer winters and cooler summers, combined with more snow and rainfall, could be causing some mountain glaciers to increase in size.

The findings are significant, because temperature and rain and snow trends in the area impact on water availability for more than 50 million Pakistanis.

Researchers focussed on the Upper Indus Basin, which is the mainstay of the national economy of Pakistan and has 170,000 sq km of irrigated land - an area two-thirds the size of the UK.

Dr Hayley Fowler, senior research associate at the university's school of civil engineering and geosciences, said: "Very little research of this kind has been carried out in this region and yet the findings from our work have implications for the water supplies of around 50 million people in Pakistan."

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The findings are published in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/5283278.stm

"Higher temperatures lead to higher rates of evaporation and precipitation. As the Earth warms, we expect more precipitation and it is likely to fall over shorter intervals of time, thereby increasing the frequency of very heavy and extreme precipitation events. Analyses of observed changes in precipitation intensity have been conducted only for a few countries. Perhaps the best evidence of increases in extreme and very heavy precipitation events comes from data in North America as depicted for the United States in Figure 8.1. In Australia, which is historically prone to heavy precipitation, an increase in rainfall amount from major storms has also been observed. Analyses for South Africa also show increases in extreme precipitation rates. In another area, China, where data have been analyzed for the last several decades, no obvious trends are apparent, but high concentrations of air pollution (such as sulfate particles that can cool the climate) may be counteracting such changes in this region.

Blizzards and snow storms may actually increase in intensity and frequency in some colder locations as atmospheric moisture increases. In more temperate latitudes, snowstorms are likely to decrease in frequency, but their intensity may actually increase, as the world warms. Observations show that snowfall has increased in the high latitudes of North America, but snow accumulations have melted faster because of more frequent and earlier thaws.

http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_..._change_7.htm#3

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http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_..._change_7.htm#3

so we get warmer in areas.. and colder in other areas... and this produces global warming how...??

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http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_..._change_7.htm#3

so we get warmer in areas.. and colder in other areas... and this produces global warming how...??

No. Those are some of the consequences of global warming. Do you have a basic understanding of global warming?

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http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_..._change_7.htm#3

so we get warmer in areas.. and colder in other areas... and this produces global warming how...??

No. Those are some of the consequences of global warming. Do you have a basic understanding of global warming?

yes. average mean temperatures all over rise in greenhouse effect that starts off slowly and increases rapidly the more out of sync we get.