I'm surprised about any claims for Norwegian glaciers shrinking. As far as I know its completely the opposite -> [www.sepp.org]

The main thing is that even in the places where glaciers are growing, this doesn't mean that there is no global warming happening.

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While it is clear that overall mountain glaciers are losing mass, some of the Earth's glaciers are growing. However, this is not necessarily inconsistent with projections of human-induced climate change because precipitation is expected to increase in the high northern and southern latitudes in response to warming temperatures.

[archive.greenpeace.org]

Simon

PS. I may have been wrong when I said the majority of glaciers are growing. I'm not sure what the overall situation is now. But definitely there are many that are growing.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/24/2005 10:32AM by Simon.