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Global Warming Threatens More Deadly Everest-like Avalanches - Report (Even MORE Chicken Little)
Reuters ^
| May 20, 2014 13:11 GMT
| Gopal Sharma
Posted on 05/20/2014 7:52:03 AM PDT by Up Yours Marxists
KATHMANDU, May 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - M ountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming as melting glaciers feed the risk of more deadly disasters such as the avalanche on Mount Everest that killed 16 people last month, scientists said on Tuesday.
More than 2,000 foreign mountaineers flock to the Himalayan nation sandwiched between India and China each year, mainly to climb the world's highest mountain, generating revenue of $3.4 million in permit fees for the impoverished country.
Rising global temperatures have shrunk the total area of Nepal's glaciers by almost a quarter between 1977 and 2010, with an average of 38 sq. km (14.67 sq. miles) vanishing every year, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), based in the Nepali capital, says in a report.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: chickenlittle; everest; globalwarming; hennypenny
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The "climate experts" are at it again. It's not like MORE ice and snow would ever cause an avalanche. Or the sun. Doesn't exist I tell you! Bow. BOW to the almighty experts.
Serves climbers right for climbing up a giant mountain in the quest for chest-beating bragging rights.
To: Up Yours Marxists
OH NO!!
Quick! RUN! HIDE!
OH NO!!
Shut off the electrical plants!
Ban automobiles!
Pour more billions into dead-end “green” energy projects!
OH NO!!
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posted on
05/20/2014 7:54:41 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
To: Up Yours Marxists
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posted on
05/20/2014 7:55:11 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Up Yours Marxists
And not one person would have been killed if the climbers hadn’t been there. No one lives there and there are no towns there.
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posted on
05/20/2014 7:55:22 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin.)
To: Up Yours Marxists
I’d be so much more worried about this if I hadn’t already frozen to death in the “coming Ice Age!” they predicted back in the 80s.
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posted on
05/20/2014 7:59:05 AM PDT
by
caligatrux
(...some animals are more equal than others.)
To: cripplecreek
And they are there for the excitement and risk. That is all part of it. If the altitude doesn’t get you, the snow and bitter cold will. And, BTW, there is a risk of avalanches.
There are plenty of other places to hike where there is virtually no risk. Especially here in Colorado.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:01:34 AM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: Jack Hydrazine; Up Yours Marxists
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:01:48 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
To: Up Yours Marxists
Ive been losing sleep for YEARS over.. the possible collapse of Mountaineering tourism Industry ...in Nepal
My worst fears...realized...
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:02:54 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Lets go easy on the "author" Please dont Squeeze the Gopal Charmin....
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:05:10 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: Up Yours Marxists
Avalanche caused by global warming crashes into wildfire caused by global warming. Problem solved.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:06:31 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Up Yours Marxists
M ountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming On the other hand, the new seaside resorts should bring in even MORE tourism.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:10:27 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Now that one made me spit my coffee onto my keyboard.
Thanks for the morning laugh!
To: Up Yours Marxists
Third graders at recess make up the list of things “caused by global warming”.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:12:49 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Up Yours Marxists
Good Lord! These people never stop!
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:15:43 AM PDT
by
mylife
To: Jack Hydrazine
The ice in my vodka is melting faster then it used to.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:16:56 AM PDT
by
albie
To: MeshugeMikey
Gopal looks like the Indian version of James Bond. Except for the lack of looks, charm, character, physique, smarts, clothing and girls.
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:21:47 AM PDT
by
albie
To: Up Yours Marxists
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:25:32 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Up Yours Marxists
They act as if we don’t know the “climate warming” hockey stick was faked...
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:25:34 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(If you like your constitution, you can keep it...Period. PALIN/CRUZ 2016)
To: Up Yours Marxists
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:29:58 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: albie
He’s a real WIld and Crazy Guy!!
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posted on
05/20/2014 8:30:29 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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