Manu, that studies published in the West on Himalayan melt are not very accurate and there's no cause for alarm.
d. On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Manu Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM, David Schnare <[email protected]>wrote: > >> According to the Indian glacier experts, the glaciers are experiences a >> net gain at the moment, and have been stable (not shrinking) for the past >> several years. >> >> > > No, not experts. Just one individual's non-peer reviewed analysis that R K > Pachauri labelled baseless the day it was released. > > The individual who published this is a retired head of Geological Survey of > India. The Ministry of Environment in India published his "findings" to gain > support for its claim that studies published in the West on Himalayan melt > are not very accurate and there's no cause for alarm. > > Lonnie Thompson responded to the news > here<http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2009/11/greenland_ice_and_himalayan_gl.html> > . > > Manu > > > -- David W. Schnare Center for Environmental Stewardship -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
