Don't have time for more refutation about the points David continues to bring up again and again and seldom (if ever) interacts with the DATA I show.
But is the IPCC apology for the Himalayan error.
Note that the conclusions still STANDS. And as I poinited out earlier, even NOW the effects on agriculture are being felt. (I'm tired of repeatiing stuff, so back up some posts for that information). Looking at Figure 10.6 in the WGII report (referred to in the paragraph that had the typo), one can see that the retreat lines from 1780 to 2000 would not lead to a total dissappearance by 2035 (not even by 2220 if one were to assume a linear retreat).
I too took a vacation 2-3 years ago not to Alaska but to Glacier National Park/Banff. The rangers at Glacier National Park pointed out the the glaciers have retreated very visibly during their employment at the Park. There were vista points along the road over the pass that were expressly for seeing glaciers. Often (more often that not as I remember) you couldn't see any glacier from those vista points and placards pointed that out. Grinnell Glacier has lost 90% of its mass.
click on glacier name on right column.
Not all areas have been hit this hard but some have. Alaska has some examples of advancing glaciers.
Wiki has a useful summary of all areas of the globe.
To write off this effect of global warming based on this error (i believe unintentional), is clearly wrong headed. One must look beyond the error to the true facts. Globally glaciers are retreating and that loss is accelerating slightly since 1960.
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