http://www.opendemocracy.net/himalayan_glaciers_are_melting_but_are_they_0 Comments for "Himalayan glaciers are melting... But are they?, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/himalayan_glaciers_are_melting_but_are_they_0 The IPCC is saying that Himalayan glaciers are melting. Put <i>himalaya glacier global warming</i> or <i>himalaya glacier climate change</i> into Google and you will get hundreds of thousands of colourfully-alarming pages. "Millions face glacier catastrophe" says the Observer, "Global Warming Triggers Glacial Lakes Flood Threat" says the UN Chronicle... Take home - we are all fucked!!! But are we? Enter the real experts that study Himalayan glaciers. Believe it or not, there are only about dozen scientists working on India's 9,575 glaciers. VK Raina is a leading glaciologist and former ADG Geological Society of India. He disputes the IPCC's consensus position that global warming is melting Himalayan glaciers. Raina points out that <b>only 50 out of India's 9,575 glaciers have been properly studied! Nearly 200 years of data coming from these 50 glaciers have not shown anything abnormal.</b> Raina's views are echoed by Dr RK Ganjoo, Director, Regional Centre for Field Operations and Research on Himalayan Glaciology who also maintains that nothing abnormal has been found in any of the Himalyan glaciers studied so far by him. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1925164,0008.htm<div class="forum-topic-navigation"><a href="/market_economy_2" class="topic-previous" title="Go to previous forum topic">‹ Market Economy?</a> <a href="/co2_is_less_than_004_of_the_atmosphere_0" class="topic-next" title="Go to next forum topic">CO2 is less than .004% of the ATMOSPHERE! ›</a></div> http://www.opendemocracy.net/himalayan_glaciers_are_melting_but_are_they_0#comment globalisation The politics of climate change Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:07:17 +0000 ILJAY 32212 at http://www.opendemocracy.net