List of Expanding Glaciers

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Here's a (partial) list of the  specific glaciers that are growing:
NORWAY       Ålfotbreen Glacier       Briksdalsbreen Glacier       Nigardsbreen Glacier       Hardangerjøkulen Glacier       Hansebreen Glacier       Jostefonn Glacier       Engabreen glacier (The Engabreen glacier         is the second largest glacier in Norway. It is a         part (a glacial tongue) of the Svartisen glacier,         which has steadily increased in mass since the          1960s when heavier winter precipitation set in.) Norway's glaciers growing at record pace.  The face of the Briksdal glacier, an off-shoot of the largest glacier in Norway and mainland Europe, is growing by an average 7.2 inches (18 cm) per day. (From the Norwegian daily Bergens Tidende.) Click here to see mass balance of Norwegian glaciers: http://www.nve.no/       Choose "English" (at top of the page), choose "Water,"       then "Hydrology," then "Glaciers and Snow" from the menu.       You'll see a list of all significant glaciers in Norway.                           (Thanks to Leif-K. Hansen for this info.) CANADA       Helm Glacier       Place Glacier       Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest mountain       17 Nov 08 – The ice-covered peak of Yukon's soaring Mount Logan       may be due for an official re-measurement after readings that suggest       this country's superlative summit has experienced a growth spurt.       See Glaciers growing on Canada’s tallest mountain France      Mt. Blanc ECUADOR       Antizana 15 Alpha Glacier   Italy      Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer      10 Nov 09 - 'Their massive base depth last season meant it didn’t all melt      over the summer so they have nearly a metre and a half of snow on the glacier      ski area already." (The second story of this kind in two years.)      See Winter snows did not all melt on Italy’s Presena Glacier this summer SWITZERLAND       Silvretta Glacier KIRGHIZTAN      Abramov RUSSIA      Maali Glacier (This glacier is surging. See below)
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• GREENLAND See Greenland Icecap Growing Thicker  
  Greenland glacier advancing 7.2 miles per year! The BBC recently ran
  a documentary, The Big Chill, saying that we could be on the verge of an ice
  age. Britain could be heading towards an Alaskan-type climate within a decade,
  say scientists, because the Gulf Stream is being gradually cut off. The Gulf
  Stream keeps temperatures unusually high for such a northerly latitude.

  One of Greenland’s largest glaciers has already doubled its rate of advance,
  moving forward at the rate of 12 kilometers (7.2 miles) per year. To see a
  transcript of the documentary,
  go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/bigchilltrans.shtml
  
  
  Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker
  4 Nov 05 - After gathering data for more than ten years, a team of
  Norwegian-led scientists has found that the Greenland Ice Sheet is
  actually growing thicker at its interior.
  See Greenland Ice Sheet Growing Thicker
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• NEW ZEALAND
  All 48 glaciers in the Southern Alps have grown during the past year.
  The growth is at the head of the glaciers, high in the mountains, where they
  gained more ice than they lost. Noticeable growth should be seen at the 
  foot of the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers within two to three years.(27 May 2003)
         Fox, Franz Josef glaciers defy trend - New Zealand's two best-known
         glaciers are still on the march - 31 Jan 07 - See Franz Josef Glacier
  
  
• SOUTH AMERICA
       - Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier (the largest glacier in Patagonia) 
          is advancing at the rate of 7 feet per day. The 250 km² ice formation,
          30 km long, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice
          Field. This ice field, located in the Andes system shared with Chile, 
          is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier
  
       - Chile's Pio XI Glacier (the largest glacier in the southern hemisphere) 
          is also growing.
               
  
• UNITED STATES
        - Colorado (scroll down to see AP article)
        - Washington (Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier* and Mt. Shuksan
        - California (Mount Shasta - scroll down for info)
        - Montana (scroll down for info)
        - Glacier Peak, WA (scroll down for info
        - Alaska (Mt. McKinley and Hubbard).
                 
  

• Antarctic ice grows to record levels
  13 Sep 07 - While the Antarctic Peninsula area has warmed 
  in recent years and ice near it diminished during the Southern 
  Hemisphere summer, the interior of Antarctica has been colder 
  and ice elsewhere has been more extensive and longer lasting,
  See Antarctic ice grows to record levels
  
   

  Oops - West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as fast as we thought 20 Oct 09 — New measurements by GPS Network suggest the rate of ice loss of the West Antarctic ice sheet has been slightly overestimated. See Oops - West Antarctic Ice Sheet not losing ice as fast as we thought

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• Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is growing
  7 Dec 05 – Scientists Joughin and Bamber re-evaluated the mass balances
  of the ice in Antarctica. "It is clear from the results of this study that the
  Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf is not rapidly, or even slowly, wasting away.
  Quite to the contrary, it is growing."
  See Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf growing
  
   

• Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back
  19 Feb 08 - A Feb. 18 report in the London Daily Express showed that there is nearly 
  a third more ice in Antarctica than usual, challenging the global warming crusaders and
   buttressing arguments of skeptics who deny that the world is undergoing global warming.
  See Most snow cover since 1966
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• Mount St. Helens’ Crater Glacier Advancing Three Feet Per Day
  25 Jun 07 - See Crater Glacier
   

• Against odds, glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St. Helens
  15 May 08 – See Glacier grows in cauldron of Mt. St. Helens
   

• Mount St. Helens glacier (Crater Glacier) growing 50 feet per year
  September 20, 2004 - See Mount St. Helens

• Glaciers growing on California's Mount Shasta!  
  12 Oct 03 - See Mount Shasta Glaciers Growing
  9 Jul 08 - See also California Glaciers Growing
   

• Geologists Unexpectedly Find 100 Glaciers in Colorado  
  7 Oct 01 See Colorado Glaciers Growing  
   

• Washington's Nisqually Glacier is Growing
  See Nisqually Glacier
  
  

• Glaciers in Montana's Glacier Park on the verge of growing 
  5 Oct 2002. See Glacier Park 
   

• Antarctic Ice Sheet is growing thicker
  See  Antarctic Icecap Growing Thicker
  See Construction crane buried in the Antarctic Ice Sheet

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Largest glacier in Argentina advancing 15 Jun 09 – "Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is (supposedly) one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.” See Largest glacier in Argentina advancing

Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!
10 May 09 – This from climatologist Cliff Harris of the Coeur d’Alene Press.
It's possible that the glacier could close the fjord by later this summer if the
current rate speeds up, says Harris.
See Alaska's Hubbard Glacier advancing 7 feet per day!


Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
16 Oct 08 – Email from reader
Before I moved to CO in 2005 it was obvious that the glaciers and snow 
had receded and rock was visible in areas all the way to the peak. The glaciers
and snow are back now ... completely covered in white from top to bottom,
and this is after the "warm" summer months here in the PNW.
See Glaciers growing on Glacier Peak, WA
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Glaciers in Norway Growing Again Scandinavian nation reverses trend, mirrors results in Alaska, elsewhere, reports the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. See Glaciers in Norway Growing Again

Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding  
Arctic ice cover above it’s 30-year average
23 Nov 08 - A study published by the American Meteorological Society
found that glaciers are only shrinking in the eastern Himalayas. Further
west, in the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram, glaciers are "thickening
and expanding".
See Glaciers in western Himalayas thickening and expanding
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Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
16 Oct 08 - High snowfall and cold weather to blame leading
to the increase in glacial mass.
See Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years
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Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a new Little Ice Age?
14 Oct 08 – “Never before in the history of a research project dating back
to 1946 had the Juneau Icefield witnessed the kind of snow buildup that
came this year. It was similar on a lot of other glaciers too.
See Growing Alaskan glaciers the start of a new Little Ice Age?
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Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
Glacial Experts Question Theory of Global Warming
15 Feb 07 - See Himalayan Glaciers Not Shrinking
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Many people have asked why some glaciers in South America are melting.
I think it is perfectly understandable. Remember, we have had two of the
strongest El Ninos on record during the past 21 years. During an El Nino,
a narrow band of the Pacific Ocean warms by as much as 14 degrees. This
band of warm water travels east essentially along the equator until it slams
into South America.

It seems logical that the increased rainfall caused by El Nino, plus the
warmer winds blowing across the warmer water, could hasten glacial melt.
But let me say it again. I do not believe that this is caused by humans, I think
it is caused by the El Nino phenomenon, which is caused by underwater
volcanism, which is increasing due to the ice-age cycle.

With this said, let me point out many glaciers in South America remain
stable, and some - including the Pio XI Glacier and the Perito Moreno
Glacier - are growing. The Pio XI Glacier is the largest glacier in the
southern hemisphere. The Moreno Glacier is the largest glacier in Patagonia.

I find it curious that news reports do not mention these two glaciers.

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Contrary to previous reports, Arctic ice did not thin during the 1990s, say 
researchers at the Department of Oceanography at Göteborg University in
Göteborg, Sweden. http://www.envirotruth.org/images/ice-in-90s.pdf

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Alaska Glacier Surges -17 Mar 06 
See McGinnis Glacier  
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Look at what's happening on Mt. Baker, in Washington State.
(Mt. Baker is near Mt. Shukson, where glaciers are now growing.) 

This is a photo of my friend Jim Terrell taken on Mt. Baker, Washington. Jim is more than six feet tall. See the black line about six feet above his head? That's where the snow from the winter of 1998/99 stopped melting. Above that, is snow that never melted from the winter of 1999/2000. Why isn't the media reporting this sort of thing?	Photo by Mazz Terrell 19 July 2000

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See also Growing_Glaciers 
See also Greenland Icecap Growing Thicker  
and Antarctic Icecap Growing Thicker

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