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To: lorne who wrote (58394)	2/1/2009 8:11:14 PM
From: Little Joe	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224755

Ken doesn't care he only wants facts real or made up that agree with his theory. lj

To: lorne who wrote (58394)	2/1/2009 10:45:22 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 224755

Swiss scientists say world's glaciers melting fast Yahoo! Buzz Digg Newsvine Reddit FacebookWhat's this?ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — The world's glaciers thinned by an average of almost 29 inches in 2007, indicating that they are melting twice as fast this decade as during the 1980s and 1990s, Swiss scientists said Thursday. The World Glacier Monitoring Service in Zurich regularly measures 80 glaciers around the globe. It found that some Alpine glaciers lost as much as 10 feet of ice cover, while coastal glaciers in Norway actually thickened in 2007. The rate of decline was less than in 2006, according to Michael Zemp, one of the scientists involved. But 2007 was the sixth year this decade that the glaciers lost on average more than 20 inches thickness. FIND MORE STORIES IN: Switzerland \| Norway \| Zurich \| Alpine \| World Glacier Monitoring Service "This means that the rate of melting during the 1980s and 1990s has more than doubled," Zemp said. The 30 glaciers that have been measured the longest have thinned by an average of 40 feet since 1980, he said. Glacial thickness is directly influenced by the weather during the previous year, while glacier length is considered by scientists to be an indication of long-term climate trends. usatoday.com