World's glaciers 'out of balance'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

26 April 2012 Last updated at 13:42 GMT

World's glaciers 'out of balance'

By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News, Vienna

Earth's glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already committed to losing almost 40% of their volume.

That is the assessment of scientists after studying a representative group of 144 small and large glaciers around the world.

Their figures assume no further warming of the climate.

However, if temperatures continue to rise as models predict, the wastage will be even higher, the team says.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17843648

[truebrit71]

1. More alarmist bullshit from the purveyors of the biggest hoax of all time...

Bill McKibben is right, the earth was we know it is done and dusted. We now have to prep for how best to survive on the earth that we have created..

The GW-deniers will not believe it until their beach-front property is under-water, and even then they'll probably say it's going nothing to do with man....

[bongbong]

3. No....

> The GW-deniers will not believe it until their beach-front property is under-water, and even then they'll probably say it's going nothing to do with man.

The nutjobs, wingnuts, and repigs will blame it on Liberals. You can depend on it.

[truebrit71]

4. Yeah, you're probably right...

...and Faux Spews will be screaming the loudest!!

[longship]

2. Watch the stunning NOVA featuring James Balog

James Balog is a photographer who takes his profession to the serious ends of the Earth. One of the most stunning PBS NOVA programs, Extreme Ice, features Balog doing some pretty incredible things in his goal of documenting what is happening to the planet's ice.

It's a must see.