Figure 1: Observed glaciers from 1946 to 2006 (Zemp 2009)
Figure 2: Glacier Mass Balance over 2002 (blue) and 2003 (red). (WGMS)
Figure 3: Cumulative mass balance curves for the mean of all glaciers and 30 'reference' glaciers (WGMS 2008).
"Glaciers are considered a proxy for climate. So what are we to make of the skeptic claim that glaciers around the world are growing. In 2008, Alaskan glaciers grew. Glaciers are growing in Washington State. There's a glacier in the Himalayas that's growing, which apparently is 'confounding global warming alarmists'. Does this selection of glaciers provide enough information to make accurate conclusions about global glacier trends? Let's dive in a little deeper and see what the data tells us."
An overview of glacier trends
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