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more hot air about global warming
A 2008 study claimed specific glaciers around the world had shrunk an average of 4.9 feet in 2006. The study said that between 1980 and 1999, glaciers lost an average of a foot in length every year, but after 2000 the average loss increased to 20 inches. Global warming was given as the reason.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/03/16/un.climate.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Glaciers shrinking at record rate]</ref> Previous claims of glacier shrinkage where global warming was blamed proved to be incorrect, as it was found that the glaciers were actually growing.<ref>http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20073</ref> Indeed glacier growth through February 2008 showed a marked turn around from earlier retreating. <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/global_warming_or_cooling/2008/02/19/73798.html?s=al&promo_code=457E-1</ref>
A 2008 study claimed specific glaciers around the world had shrunk an average of 4.9 feet in 2006. The study said that between 1980 and 1999, glaciers lost an average of a foot in length every year, but after 2000 the average loss increased to 20 inches. Global warming was given as the reason.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/weather/03/16/un.climate.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Glaciers shrinking at record rate]</ref> Previous claims of glacier shrinkage where global warming was blamed proved to be incorrect, as it was found that the glaciers were actually growing.<ref>http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=20073</ref> Indeed glacier growth through February 2008 showed a marked turn around from earlier retreating. <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/global_warming_or_cooling/2008/02/19/73798.html?s=al&promo_code=457E-1</ref>
==Errors committed by the IPCC==
A report by the [[IPCC]] asserted that the Himalyan glaciers will be completely melted by 2039, and this claim was a key part of their publicity campaign for reducing [[greenhouse gas]] emissions (see also [[cap and trade]]). However, it turned out that the assertion of glacier melting had no scientific foundation.<ref> [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10620811 Himalayan global warming claim 'based on dated, obscure source']
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