Peer Reviewed Journal Article
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/200...JD011637.shtml
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"The surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Niņo conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Niņa conditions less likely" says corresponding author de Freitas.
"We have shown that internal global climate-system variability accounts for at least 80% of the observed global climate variation over the past half-century. It may even be more if the period of influence of major volcanoes can be more clearly identified and the corresponding data excluded from the analysis.”
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As for glaciers melting
http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-...per%20_him.pdf
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The report says, the Siachen glacier advanced by about 700 meters between 1862 and 1909, retreated rapidly by about 400 meters between 1929 and 1958, and has shown "hardly any retreat during the last 50 years, the report said. The Gangotri glacier, which had been retreating rapidly along the front at about 20 meters per year until 2000, "has has since slowed down considerably, and between September 2007 and June 2009 is practically at a standstill. The same is true of the Bhagirathkharak and Zemu glaciers."
Thus, the report said, "It is premature to make a statement that glaciers in the Himalayas are retreating abnormally because of the global warming. A glacier is affected by a range of physical features and a complex interplay of climatic factors. It is therefore unlikely that the snout [the leading edge of a glacier] movement of any glacier can be claimed to be a result of periodic climate variation until many centuries of observations become available. While glacier movements are primarily due to climate and snowfall, snout movements appear to be peculiar to each particular glacier."
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India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests has released a comprehensive report on the Himalayan glaciers by the eminent Dr. V.K. Raina, ex-Deputy Director of the Geological Survey of India. According to his report, the Saichen glacier has “not shown any remarkable retreat in the last 50 years.” In fact, it is growing. Even Richard Armstrong, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Colorado, and the man who briefed Al Gore on glaciers, concluded there was no major melting in Himalayan glaciers above 5,400 meters.
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