Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Here's a (partial) list of the specific glaciers that are growing

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  • NORWAY
          Ålfotbreen Glacier
          Briksdalsbreen Glacier
          Nigardsbreen Glacier
          Hardangerjøkulen Glacier
          Hansebreen Glacier
          Jostefonn Glacier
          Engabreen glacier
    (The Engabreen glacier
            is the second largest glacier in Norway. It is a
            part (a glacial tongue) of the Svartisen glacier,
            which has steadily increased in mass since the
            1960s when heavier winter precipitation set in.)

  • 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.)


    Click here to see mass balance of Norwegian glaciers:
    http://www.nve.no/

          Choose "English" (at top of the page), choose "Water,"
          then "Hydrology," then "Glaciers and Snow" from the menu.
          You'll see a list of all significant glaciers in Norway.
                       
          (Thanks to Leif-K. Hansen for this info.)
  • CANADA
          Helm Glacier
          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.
         
    See Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest mountain
  • SWITZERLAND
          Silvretta Glacier
  • KIRGHIZTAN
         Abramov
  • RUSSIA
         Maali Glacier (This glacier is surging. See below)
                                                More info below
 
  • GREENLAND See Greenland Icecap Growing Thicker  
    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.
    See Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker


    Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing
    26 July 10 - Berlingske Glacier has steadily grown for the past
    100 years. And yet, it's not counted in the glacier inventory. Why
    haven't we heard about this growing glacier?
    See Rebellious Greenland Glacier Keeps Growing

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  • CHILE
    Pio XI, the largest glacier in South America, grows
    50 meters in height, length and density every day.

    See Pio XI - Largest glacier in Chile - Growing every day

     
  • 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)
    See New Zealand Glaciers Growing

          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 still on the march

    See also Pesky New Zealand Glaciers Growing

    See also: Contrarian New Zealand Glaciers Keep Growing


  • ARGENTINA
    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

  • UNITED STATES
          
    - Colorado (scroll down to see AP article)
          - Washington (Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier* and Mt. Shuksan
          - California
    (Mount Shasta - scroll down for info)
          - Montana (scroll down for info)
         
    - Glacier Peak, WA (scroll down for info
          - Alaska (Mt. McKinley and Hubbard).

                   

  • Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding
    18 Apr 09 - "Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica," says this
    article. In addition, the South Pole has shown "significant cooling
    in recent decades".
    See Antarctica growing colder - Ice expanding


     
  • 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,
    See Antarctic ice grows to record levels

     
    Oops - 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.
    See Oops - West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as fast as we thought
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  • 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."
    See Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf growing

     
  • 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.
    See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!

     
  • 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.
    See Most snow cover since 1966
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  • 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
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Largest glacier in Argentina advancing
15 Jun 09 – "Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is (supposedly) one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.”
See Largest glacier in Argentina advancing

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.
See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!


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.
See Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
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Glaciers in Norway Growing Again
Scandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors
results in Alaska, elsewhere, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
See Glaciers in Norway Growing Again

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".
See Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding
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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.
See Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
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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.
See Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a new Little Ice Age?
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Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
Glacial Experts Question Theory of Global Warming

15 Feb 07 - See Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
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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 Ninos on record during the past 21 years. During an El Nino,
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 Nino, 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 Nino 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.
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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. http://www.envirotruth.org/images/ice-in-90s.pdf
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Alaska Glacier Surges -17 Mar 06
See
McGinnis Glacier
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