Alaska's Hubbard Glacier is advancing at the rate of seven feet per day!

Coeur d'Alene Press ^ | May 10, 2009 | Cliff Harris

[ROCKLOBSTER]

he has a glacier speed control thingy that he keeps handy at all times.

Wow, like a remote control.

Like, does it have a stop, pause, fast forward and rewind?

[gogogodzilla]

Is the glacier advancing or expanding?

An advancing glacier is basically sliding down a mountain or into a valley.

An expanding glacier is getting bigger.

[Hot Tabasco]

I would have thought such rapid terminal advancement as this would be evidence of the Glacier melting

I would think so too. However if that is the case, I don't think the external ambient temperature would cause the internal base of the glacier where it contacts land to melt thus causing the glacier to "slide". Any such temperature would cause the external surface of the glacier to melt causing it to shrink.

My guess is that there is something going on underneath the glacier, such as increased volcanic activity that is causing a warming in the earth underneath the clacier.

[John Valentine]

It looks sort of like a beeber, but I haven’t get a good enough look to see exactly what controls it has - Fast and Faster, I think.

[wolfcreek]

And gravity? Aren’t there some 18,000+ ft peaks in that area?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[coalman]

huh,,,gee people ,,glaciers grow because of more snow,,,they advance because they are growing,,more SNOW,colder temps,,the global warming HOAX has got many doubting basic science,,when glaciers melt they recede,,shrink,,it’s been that way forever.

[ontap]

Now don't come in here using logic. We know how your type tries to skew these things with that trick!

[VTenigma]

My guess is that there is something going on underneath the glacier,

Right you are, but it’s not volcanic activity. More snow and ice mean more weight on the glacier, more weight more pressure at the interface, more pressure more heat, basic earth science, 8th grade

[LachlanMinnesota]

It’s no worse than the last two annual cycles - about 430 two summers ago, then up to around 980. Then to 450 and then to 820, and now down to 450. This appears to happen every year. What gives? I don’t see anything different over the last two years. Can someone fill me in on what is different about this year that causes concern?

[TurtleUp]

More snow and ice mean more weight on the glacier, more weight more pressure at the interface, more pressure more heat, basic earth science, 8th grade

More heat? Aha!!! Global warming is happening, and it's caused by snow. Al Gore was right all along.

[DustyMoment]

Alaska's Hubbard Glacier is advancing at the rate of seven feet per day!

Not possible!! Algore and his acolytes at the Church of the Man-Made Climate Change (plus that consensus of climate scientists) have definitively stated that the polar ice caps (including all those glaciers) are receding at such a rapid rate that the melted water will raise the level of the oceans, causing every square inch of land (with the exception of Hackensack, NJ!!) to be covered with water and we're all gonna DIE!!!!!

[Ditter]

I thought when glaciers melted they receded, not come sliding down the mountain.

[Eagle Eye]

OMG! In about 8000 years this glacier could over take Houston, TX!!1

[Hacklehead]

Um, the real time data on the site shows the glacier hasn’t moved in 4 days.

[Reeses]

The Corp is involved because 'when' and 'if' the Hubbard Glacier eventually closes the Russell Fjord, the fjord will fill with fresh water, becoming a 30-mile-long lake creating a new 40,000-cubic-feet-per-second river system.

And the Corp can't lay a drain pipe or melt a hole through the glacier?

[proudpapa]

God sure has a great sense of humor.

[coalman]

I’m sorry I forgot thats so 20th century now.

[Night Hides Not]

That's some serious global cooling.

I'm a firm believer in the ravages of climate change. I'm also a firm believer that there's virtually nothing man can do to stop it.

When I encounter someone who disagrees with me, I respond with three words: Little Ice Age.

[pissant]

She believes in the fairy tale, tho she is smart enough to hedge on the % man is contributing. Nevertheless, she says it doesn’t matter what caused it, we need to “do something about it”