Himalayan glaciers growing
In The Herald, Friday January 28th page A15 an article stated that the Himalayan glaciers were growing not retreating as the UN’s Intergovernmental panel on climate change had predicted that they would.
The scientists, Dr Bodo Bookman and his team, released their findings after studying 286 glaciers between Hindu Kush on the Afghan-Pakistan boarder to Bhutan, taking in six areas.
The UN panel had predicted that all the glaciers would be gone by 2035.
The UN panel had made their predictions from a report that was not Peer reviewed but was from a World Wildlife Fund report.
Also we have had some hot weather this New Zealand summer, but not as hot as the late 70’s. I can remember doing hay in Whakatane and Whakatane’s temperatures reached 30 degrees with the hottest day getting to 32 degrees.
So far this summer we have had only one day getting to 30 Degrees. Note: these temperatures were reported as they happened by our local radio station and were not the official temperatures recorded at the Whakatane Airport.
Mark L
