[Mb-civic] Danger of melting Everest glaciers

[Barbara Siomos]

This is so sad... In 2000 I was on line and in contact with a film maker and have a video they did while climbing Everest and the beauty of it is astonishing.... So so beautiful, it would be tragic for any of these beautiful  glaciers in Patagonia, Tibet or any other place to be melting because of global warming. Being up in the clouds and looking down from the mountains is breath taking. 

I have one picture taken from Everest of the sun just rising over Tibet... and some others from Everest looking out over the clouds and seeing the other mountains which of course are not as high as Everest.... :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Harper
Sent: Thu, 19 May 2005 13:52:08 -0700
To: mb-civic at islandlists.com
Subject: Re: [Mb-civic] Danger of melting Everest glaciers

You should see the glaciers in Patagonia. They are shrinking too.
Al  Baraka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Siomos" <barbarasiomos38 at msn.com>
To: mb-civic at islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-civic] Danger of melting Everest glaciers
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 20:49:24 GMT

> 
> 
> BEIJING, China, May 17, (Reuters) -- Global warming is shrinking 
> glaciers on the Tibet side of Mount Everest faster than ever, 
> putting world water supplies at risk, Xinhua news agency said on 
> Tuesday.
> 
> Chinese scientists researching the world's tallest peak, which 
> China refers to by its
> Tibetan name, "Qomolangma", had found
> clear evidence of increasing glacial melting,
> Xinhua said.
> 
> "Global warming has resulted in glaciers melting fast in the Mount 
> Qomolangma area ... threatening the balance of global
> water resources," it said.
> 
> Around 75 percent of the world's fresh water is stored in glacial 
> ice, much of it in mountain areas, allowing for heavy winter
> rain and snowfall to be released gradually
> into river networks throughout the
> summer or dry months.
> 
> "The growing melting area means less fresh water reserves for the 
> world in the future," Xinhua said.
> 
> The Chinese scientists had found the melting point of one Everest 
> glacier had risen around 50 meters (165 feet) in just
> two years, more than twice as fast as
> normal, while a huge, high-altitude ice cliff
> seen in 2002 had apparently disappeared,
> it said.
> 
> Similar melting has been reported on Nepal's side of the mountain. 
> The United Nations warned in 2002 that more than 40
> Himalayan glacial lakes were dangerously
> close to bursting, endangering thousands
> of people, because of global warming.
> 
> Scientists say global warming could drive the average global 
> temperature up by 1.4-5.8 Celsius (2.5-10.5 Fahrenheit) over the
> next 100 years, which would cause glaciers
> to retreat and oceans to rise and swamp
> low-lying areas around the world.
> 
> 
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