It’s a heartfelt, moving plea but it’s falling on the deaf ears of the people who could actually do something about it.

Buzz Aldrin: West Point in 1951, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical engineering. Doctor of Science degree in Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/…

But this article “presents” itself that we are against the wall. The Sierra’s have a lot more snow than they did last year. If it keeps up the glacier will start to grow again. 3 or 4 more wet years and it will look like it did in the 1883 picture. Except to the author, who will be looking in Jellystone for it.

So much cherry picking.

Because mountains are studied in geology, specifically plate tectonics. The Himalayas are moving because the Indian Plate is moving 15 cm per year, and sliding under the Eurasian Plate. I can not stress enough how completely irrelevant this is to climate change. You might as well be talking about Pop Tarts or…

Crichton, much as I love him, was a known staunch conservative and climate change denier. (His science is also armchair science of the highest order).

You sir, are hopefully DREADFULLY wrong.

Bullshit. I lived in Nepal and Tibet for a decade (truly) and this claim is false for the glaciers I regularly photographed.

I’m not going to make any assumptions about you but I hope that you are person who once presented with hard data and good science would change their mind. With that in mind I have presented you with an answer to your comment about some glaciers growing. I also provided a link to a site with answers to all your…

For comparison, last year’s snowpack was under 30% of the December average. This year is around 55%. More is obviously better but it’s still way off.

I can tell you have absolutely no idea how glaciers work. How long do you think it takes to make glacial ice?

If you’re talking about Pilot’s photos...that appears to be snow accumulation on top of the glacier. That’s not the same as a glacier growing. One key component to glacier formation and growth is time and 3-4 years, as the OP states, is nowhere near enough time to bring the glacier back to 1883 levels.

Thats nice. I imagine we’ll complete construction on the Himalayan water pipline to the west coast in . . . what, 2025?

The Sierra’s have a lot more snow than they did last year.

The climate in the Himalayas is not the same as the climate in Montana. You do realize those are two separate places, yes?

So I suppose you know that these are two completely different ecosystems in different locations on the globe so the indisputable climate change might have different degrees of effect.

“It’s climate change, and in different areas, that manifests differently.”

Because it’s not always “global warming” and scientists haven’t called it that for some time. It’s climate change, and in different areas, that manifests differently.

Funny thing about glaciers. By very definition, they are there year-round. They aren’t the same as seasonal snow-pack.