Sunday, June 14, 2009

Argentine glacier defies global warming!!!

Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures. 

Nourished by Andean snowmelt, the glacier constantly grows even as it spawns icebergs the size of apartment buildings into a frigid lake, maintaining a nearly perfect equilibrium since measurements began more than a century ago. 

"We're not sure why this happens," said Andres Rivera, a glacialist with the Center for Scientific Studies in Valdivia, Chile. "But not all glaciers respond equally to climate change." More...

See also:

  1. NASA study shows solar cycle, NOT man, is responsible for global warming...
  2. Al Gore's global warming nonsense: cults, prophets and fanatics...
  3. 31,478 American scientists have signed this petition condamning global warming...
  4. Antarctic ice is growing, NOT melting away...
  5. The Great Global Warming swindle...

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