tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post8159760211025896188..comments2024-01-13T01:17:55.325-06:00Comments on Tom Nelson: It's all so confusing: If CO2 has been shrinking the glaciers since the Industrial Revolution, why would World War I ammunition be revealed by a melting Italian glacier?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08119241500221931600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-26391796580469124572012-09-02T21:58:30.609-05:002012-09-02T21:58:30.609-05:00Glaciers are not static, they flow however slowly ...Glaciers are not static, they flow however slowly from source to snout.Alvinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-23213833065400105112012-09-02T17:05:03.051-05:002012-09-02T17:05:03.051-05:00Bloke down the pub is quite correct.
If a glacier...Bloke down the pub is quite correct.<br /><br />If a glacier is retreating that means that accumulation is outpaced by melting.<br /><br />It doesn't mean that there is no accumulation.<br /><br />Also, glacier retreat is a global mean trend. You can certainly find a couple of glaciers that are putting on mass.<br /><br />http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Glacier_Mass_Balance_Map.pngAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-71373265797640163682012-09-02T12:50:24.331-05:002012-09-02T12:50:24.331-05:00Many of the battles between the Italians and Austr...Many of the battles between the Italians and Austrians during WW1 took place high in the mountains. An ammo dump built high on a glacier would take decades to move down the mountain until it emerged at the bottom.Bloke down the pubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-78057134446512508032012-09-02T12:44:38.345-05:002012-09-02T12:44:38.345-05:00Many of the battles between the Italians and the A...Many of the battles between the Italians and the Austrians during the First World War took place high in the mountains. If an ammo dump was created high on a glacier and then covered by snow it would take decades for it to move down the mountain until it emerged at the bottom.Bloke down the pubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12339127.post-60597804049758503422012-09-02T11:02:28.007-05:002012-09-02T11:02:28.007-05:00Speaking of confusing, the demonstrators are dress...Speaking of confusing, the demonstrators are dressed in blue with a large central atom that have two smaller atoms connected at an angle (like a water molecule). And oddly enough, the water molecule is actually the more significant greenhouse gas.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467089893072606913noreply@blogger.com