"Shrinking Glaciers" -Seattle Times

Here's a non-uplifting article on the front page of the Times today  :'(

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews...4195_glacier01m.html

Well said TonyM. I was listening to talk about this news on the radio and someone stated that when Greenland was first inhabited back around 940ad the continent was all green, perfect for farming, etc. By the 1300s the entire continent had become a frozen wasteland because of a mini ice-age, which continued until the early 1800s. I hear that the warming has been a consistant trend since the 1830s or so.(need to read up on this to get more facts as I don't remember the entire conversation exactly) I'm sure the folks on Greenland would love to have their land back!

Given that there's another huge thread on global warming that's full of both sides of the argument, I want to say that, whatever the cause, it's a little sad to see that glacier go crawling back up the valley.  Thanks for posting the article Merk.

need to read up on this to get more facts

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Why do these articles always come out when the freezing level is forecast to go to 11000 feet?
Depressing indeed, as if we needed it.

I think I'm beginning to understand a bit how the El Nino/Nina weather patterns impact us. This cold/dry followed by wet/warm seems to be a common theme up here when El Nino condiitons are in effect. It's another winter sitting on pins and needles wondering how warm the next front will be. Ugh. Everyone cross your fingers and toes for a few major volcanic eruptions ... another Krakatoa or Timbori could really help our glaciers out.

Why do these articles always come out when the freezing level is forecast to go to 11000 feet?
Depressing indeed, as if we needed it.

2 years ago (the horrible season) we were bombarded by the UW folks and their forecasts of "get a good look at the future of skiing in WA", predictions of more of the same as well as more hurricanes, ect...

Then last year we get the earliest ski season start in 20 years or so, and hurricane season this fall was almost ZERO. The UW GW folks went into the closet for awhile, but still toss out some tidbits here and there just to keep their hope of a GW catastrophy (it keeps the cash cow alive).