NORWAY
Norway's glaciers growing at record
pace. The face of the Briksdal glacier, an off-shoot of the
largest glacier in Norway and mainland Europe, is growing by an
average 7.2 inches (18 cm) per day. (From the Norwegian daily
Bergens Tidende.)
See mass balance of Norwegian glaciers:
http://www.nve.no/en/Water/Hydrology/Glaciers/
CANADA
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Helm Glacier
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Place Glacier
Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest
mountain
17 Nov 08 – The ice-covered peak of Yukon's soaring Mount Logan
may be due for an official re-measurement after readings that
suggest this country's superlative summit has experienced a
growth spurt.
FRANCE
Mt. Blanc
ECUADOR
Antizana 15 Alpha Glacier
ITALY
Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s
Presena Glacier this summer
10 Nov 09 - 'Their massive base depth last season meant it
didn’t all melt over the summer so they have nearly a metre and
a half of snow on the glacier ski area already." (The second
story of this kind in two years.)
SWITZERLAND
Silvretta Glacier
KIRGHIZTAN
Abramov
RUSSIA
Maali Glacier (This glacier is surging. See below)
GREENLAND
Greenland glacier advancing 7.2 miles per
year!
The BBC recently ran a documentary,
The Big Chill, saying that we could be on the verge of an ice
age.
Britain could be heading towards an Alaskan-type climate
within a decade, say scientists, because the Gulf Stream is
being gradually cut off. The Gulf Stream keeps temperatures
unusually high for such a northerly latitude.
One of Greenland’s largest glaciers has already doubled its rate
of advance, moving forward at the rate of 12 kilometers (7.2
miles) per year. To see a transcript of the documentary, go to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/bigchilltrans.shtml
Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker
4 Nov 05 - After gathering data for more than ten years, a team
of Norwegian-led scientists has found that the Greenland Ice
Sheet is actually growing thicker at its interior.
NEW ZEALAND
All 48 glaciers in the Southern Alps have grown during the past
year. The growth is at the head of the glaciers, high in the
mountains, where they gained more ice than they lost. Noticeable
growth should be seen at the foot of the Fox and Franz
Josef glaciers within two to three years.(27 May 2003)
Fox, Franz Josef glaciers defy trend - New Zealand's two
best-known glaciers are still on the march - 31 Jan 07 - See
Franz Josef Glacier
SOUTH AMERICA
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Argentina's Perito Moreno
Glacier (the largest glacier in Patagonia) is advancing at
the rate of 7 feet per day. The 250 km² ice formation, 30 km
long, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian
Ice Field. This ice field, located in the Andes system
shared with Chile, is the world's third largest reserve of
fresh water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier
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Chile's Pio XI Glacier (the
largest glacier in the southern hemisphere) is also growing.
UNITED STATES
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Colorado (scroll down to see AP
article)
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Washington (Mount St. Helens,
Mt. Rainier* and Mt. Shuksan
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California (Mount Shasta -
scroll down for info)
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Montana (scroll down for info)
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Glacier Peak, WA (scroll down
for info
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Alaska (Mt. McKinley and
Hubbard)
Antarctic ice grows to record levels
13 Sep 07 - While the Antarctic Peninsula area has warmed
in recent years and ice near it diminished during the Southern
Hemisphere summer, the interior of Antarctica has been colder
and ice elsewhere has been more extensive and longer lasting.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as
fast as we thought
20 Oct 09 - New measurements by GPS
Network suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice
sheet has been slightly overestimated.
Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is
growing
7 Dec 05 – Scientists Joughin and Bamber re-evaluated the mass
balances of the ice in Antarctica. "It is clear from the results
of this study that the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is not rapidly,
or even slowly, wasting away. Quite to the contrary, it is
growing."
Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back
19 Feb 08 - A Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed
that there is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual,
challenging the global warming crusaders and buttressing
arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing
global warming.
Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier Advancing Three Feet Per Day
25 Jun 07 - See
Crater Glacier
Against odds, glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St. Helens
15 May 08 – See
Glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St.
Helens
Mount St. Helens glacier (Crater Glacier) growing 50 feet per
year
September 20, 2004 - See
Mount St. Helens
Glaciers growing on California's Mount Shasta!
12 Oct 03 - See
Mount Shasta Glaciers Growing
9 Jul 08 - See also
California Glaciers Growing
Geologists Unexpectedly Find 100 Glaciers in Colorado
7 Oct 01 See
Colorado Glaciers Growing
Washington's Nisqually Glacier is Growing
See
Nisqually Glacier
Glaciers in Montana's Glacier Park on the verge of growing
5 Oct 2002. See
Glacier Park
Antarctic Ice Sheet is growing thicker
See
Antarctic Icecap Growing Thicker
See
Construction crane buried in the Antarctic
Ice Sheet
Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet
per day!
10 May 09
This from climatologist Cliff Harris
of the Coeur d’Alene Press. It’s possible that the glacier could
close the fjord by later this summer if the current rate speeds
up, says Harris.
Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
16 Oct 08 – Email
from reader
Before I moved to CO in
2005 it was obvious that the glaciers and snow had receded and
rock was visible in areas all the way to the peak. The glaciers
and snow are back now ... completely covered in white from top
to bottom, and this is after the “warm” summer months here in
the PNW.
Glaciers in Norway Growing Again
Scandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors results in
Alaska, elsewhere, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and
Energy Directorate.
Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening
and expanding Arctic ice cover above it’s 30-year average
23 Nov 08
A study published by the American
Meteorological Society found that glaciers are only shrinking in
the eastern Himalayas. Further west, in the Hindu Kush and the
Karakoram, glaciers are “thickening and expanding”.
Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in
250 years
16 Oct 08
High snowfall and cold weather to
blame leading to the increase in glacial mass.
Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a
new Little Ice Age?
14 Oct 08
“Never before in the history of a
research project dating back to 1946 had the Juneau Icefield
witnessed the kind of snow buildup that came this year. It was
similar on a lot of other glaciers too.
Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
Glacial Experts Question Theory of Global Warming
15 Feb 07
Many people have asked
why some glaciers in South America are melting. I think it is
perfectly understandable. Remember, we have had two of the
strongest El Niño on record during the past 21 years. During an
El Niño, a narrow band of the Pacific Ocean warms by as much as
14 degrees. This band of warm water travels east essentially
along the equator until it slams into South America.
It seems logical that the increased rainfall caused by El Niño,
plus the warmer winds blowing across the warmer water, could
hasten glacial melt. But let me say it again. I do not believe
that this is caused by humans, I think it is caused by the El
Niño phenomenon, which is caused by underwater volcanism, which
is increasing due to the ice-age cycle.
With this said, let me point out many glaciers in South America
remain stable, and some - including the Pio XI Glacier and the
Perito Moreno Glacier - are growing. The Pio XI Glacier is the
largest glacier in the southern hemisphere. The Moreno Glacier
is the largest glacier in Patagonia.
I find it curious that news reports
do not mention these two glaciers.
Contrary to previous reports, Arctic ice did not thin during the
1990s, say researchers at the Department of Oceanography at
Göteborg University in
Göteborg, Sweden.
See "Arctic
Sea Ice Thickness Remained Constant During the 1990s".
