Everest's Melting Glaciers

In this video produced by SolveClimate.com, Mountaineer David Breashears compares the panoramic photo he took in 2008 of Mount Everest and its surrounding glaciers with one taken in 1921, and explains the enormous scale and rapid speed of the ice loss at the world's "tallest water tower." See the evidence with your own eyes. For an accompanying story, see http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090119/video-everests-melting-glaciers

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Global Warming
• Climate Change
• Glaciers
• Ice Melt
• David Breashears
• Everest

[magamiako1]

To those that are saying that this is a part of "normal" activity. Keep in mind past glacial changes and "ice ages" spanned thousands of years. 87 years between those photos, you wouldn't be able to see a few hundred foot drop in ice under "standard" conditions.

[mrtest0007]

Truly amazing video. Youtube user "greenman3610" has many more videos on climate change, explaining all the mistakes the deniers make in understanding what climate is. The latest video explains the significance of the recent chill in regions of the northern hemisphere.

[DaveGibbagglers]

Glaciers growing around the globe, global warming, no doubt. lol

[MrFitzwilly]

People still disbelieve the evidence? How can that be?

[ganstahfosho]

This is inconclusive. The 2 panoramic photos were not taken at the same time of year. The old photo has much more snow cover than the new one. Much of what appears to be glacier is actually just snow. Another adventurer trying to get in on the climate change research bandwagon. Check out Pen Hadow's arctic sea ice 'research' too.

[monewmeek]

I don't care about all these global warming debates, this is reather dramatic. the fact is, yes the glacier is going to be different now then at mallory'a time, but this is a huge change and if it's changed and dissappeard this much over the last 80 odd years, how long will it be unill it is completely gone?

[dsgsu]

I found a stone 10 years ago in my garden and it was rounded. However, I found another this week, which was also rounded but a slightly different colour and more oval. Isn't it facinating?