are glaciers melting?

Answer 1

yes they are

Answer 2

Glaciers 'melt' on a 'cyclical' basis. For example, in the early 50's-60's the scientific community announced a stage of melting but by the end of the 60's and into the 70's, the scientific community was convinced we were headed for another ice age. Weather patterns on our beautiful planet are constantly changing, as evidenced by the rise and fall of El Ninio and El Nina every few years. The problem is that certain people tend to look only at certain reports and not the whole picture, which should include the past as well as projections of the future. Our 'sun' is not stagnant either, and it doesn't take much research to see the patterns repeating themselves.

Is the current day level of pollution affecting us? Certainly it is. Is it to the level that the current 'Chicken Little naysayers' claim it is...not if you look at the whole picture. Sorry Al Gore and David Suzuki...you'd carry much more weight with your arguments if you didn't live in true 'monster houses,' fly chartered jets or use huge tour buses to make your rounds. Kind of the pot calling the kettle black.

Still and all...we are doomed to repeat history if we don't learn from it. What is the lesson we need to learn? Simple, if we don't start taking care of Mother Earth, she will no longer be able to care for us. We are only tenants on this planet, we don't 'own' a thing when it gets right down to it. If we harvest a forest, we need to replace it, if we mine the ground, we need to replace the soil, if we fish the seas, we need to understand that the stock is not limitless as they believed in the 1800's and now know differently. We need to be smart, not greedy, and we need to share. We have enough resources to feed the world, if we only used them correctly.

Answer 3

Yes. I see some special reports here in Europe also at the Alps the glaciers are melting too.

Answer 4

The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier-melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans. Studied by glaciologists, the temporal coincidence of glacier retreat with the measured increase of atmospheric greenhouse gases is often cited as an evidentiary underpinning of anthropogenic global warming. Mid-latitude mountain ranges such as the Himalayas, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Cascade Range, and the southern Andes, as well as isolated tropical summits such as Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, are showing some of the largest proportionate glacial loss.
Are the polar ice caps in danger of melting and causing the oceans to rise? This could happen, but no one knows when it might happen.

The Earth's main ice-covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet). But the average temperature in Antarctica is -37°C, so the ice there is in no danger of melting. In fact, in most parts of the continent it never gets above freezing.

Answer 5

They always melt, break, and then set adrift. Land Locked glaciers melt as well, then refreeze during the winter. They will all continue to melt till we have another ice age. Any period of excess warmth has ALWAYS been followed by an ice age.

Answer 6

yes they are but it has always Ben happening just 400 years ago much of Europe was a winter wonder land the glaciers and snow melted we cant stop it now no more than they could have stopped it then

Answer 7

people will eventually catch on to the spam scheme that is occuring here by the same people asking ten questions at a time and rating each of their best friends who type answers of "yes" or "no" as best answers. there is a section on yahoo answers where people can report abuse and it is obvious that you are not seeking logical answers to your questions. you are trying to manipulate yahoo answers to get your own high rating, but it ruins yahoo answers for everyone else with questions and concerns that they would like to be addressed. obviously glaciers are melting go do some research and stop trying to ruin yahoo answers with your fake questions.

Answer 8

yes they are. very soon, the water from the glaciers will end up escaping and come to countries and flood them. One of those countries is the u.s. all of new york and others around it could be flooded

Answer 9

Yes, around the world they're melting, I think only in one place are they increasing, but the rest of the planet is seeing them decrease.

You can see some comparison pictures here:

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0706/feature2/gallery1.html

Sucks for skiers.

Answer 10

yes they are infact over the past 3 years Arctic ice has tinned as much as 40% global warming and pollution are major impacts on out ice cps check out this months National Geographic the issue as all about "The Big Thaw"

Answer 11

Yes it is true they are and it's very scarey. I think one day there will be a time when some places [cities] around the globe will end up being under water due to global warming.