Glaciers are growing around the world

June 15, 8:00 PMTwin Cities Area Travel ExaminerJordon Whitney

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A headline on the AOL homepage yesterday was "Glacier Grows Despite Global Warming."  The article continues that scientists are puzzled by the notion.  For years now we have had the idea pushed on us that humans are bringing the world to an end, mostly by polluting the earth with our carbon emissions.  It seems a bit odd that these "scientists" so easily link melting glaciers to Global Warming, but when one is found to be growing, they are baffled.  The fact that glaciers melt and expand and melt again and then expand once more over centuries of time seems to escape the few specialists that still believe in Global Warming.

Cutting pollution on our planet is certainly a good thing, but no matter what we do, nature is going to do what it wants to do.  Some glaciers melt as others expand.  It is earth's way of staying in equilibrium.  It is the way that it has been four thousands of years and will continue to be for thousands of years into the future.  There are literally growing glaciers all over the world. 

The Briksdal glacier in Norway is growing by over seven inches a day.  The glacier at the top of Canada's highest mountain, Mount Logan, has continued to grow since 1992.  In fact, the official height was determined to be seven meters higher than last measure.  Mike Schmidt of the Geological Survey of Canada says this is mostly due to snow and ice accumulation.  Silvretta Glacier in Switzerland and the Greenland Glacier is advancing over 7 miles per year.  In February of 2008 it was reported that there was a third more ice than usual in Antarctica and that the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed that the 3.5 million square miles of ice cover that the earth had lost from January of 2007 to October of that year had been returned to normal levels.

We need not fear Global Warming.  Should we reduce, reuse, and recycle?  Of course.  Should we keep our vehicles in tip top shape to keep them from creating unnecessary pollution?  Of course.  Should motor companies continue to research more new ways to make our vehicles more fuel efficient?  No question.  Should we make pick-up truck and SUV owners purchase permits to drive them.  No, of course not.  We need to take care of the planet that we live in, but the notion that the ways in which we are living our lives is causing the glaciers to melt and the oceans to warm and rise is beginning to lose credibility.

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