Karakoram glaciers didn't get the global warming memo | Science Codex

Alexandria, VA – Resting in the Karakoram Range between northern Pakistan and western China, the Karakoram glaciers are stumping climate scientists and Associated Press journalists declaring a localized heat wave is proof of global warming.

Unlike many mountain glaciers, the Karakoram glaciers, which account for 3 percent of the total ice-covered area in the world outside Greenland and Antarctica, are not shrinking.

On the contrary, a team of French glaciologists has recently confirmed that these glaciers on average have remained stable and may have even grown slightly in recent years.

Could the recent heat be the new 'normal'? - ABC6 - Providence, RI and New Bedford, MA News, Weather

ABC6 Meteorologist, Steve Cascione says that global warming is definitely happening, but doubts it is man-made. "Global warming does take place, it has taken place for billions of years and it will take place billions of years from now, man isn't contributing that much to it, its just a cyclical thing."

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: The People's Republic of California exempts cap & trade from open meetings

On the afternoon the state budget was signed into law last Wednesday I received an email from a local activist informing me that hidden in a trailer bill titled SB 1018 was a provision exempting the upcoming cap and trade auction from open meeting rules.