Manu, et al.: The IPCC AR4 report on loss of Himalayan Glaciers by 2035 is a complete error. The original source of the number offered the year 2350, and only if one expected a runaway climate catastrophy. If you would like to read a simple explanation of how the mistake was made and why we can expect no meaningful impact on the Ganges, take a look at this article in the Houston Chronicle:
http://www.chron.com/commons/readerblogs/atmosphere.html?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=54e0b21f-aaba-475d-87ab-1df5075ce621&plckPostId=Blog%3a54e0b21f-aaba-475d-87ab-1df5075ce621Post%3aa2b394cc-5b5f-47ad-8bb5-c1aec91409ad&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest If you want the more technical report, see Madhav Khandekar's posting at: http://pielkeclimatesci.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/global-warming-and-glacier-melt-down-debate-a-tempest-in-a-teapot/ Cheers, 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.
