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New Photos Show 'Devastating' Ice Loss On Everest

Posted by timothy on from the heatin'-up-the-whole-outdoors dept.

Simmeh writes "The BBC reports on new photos of the Himalayas taken from exactly the same position as ones from 1929 and compares the ice coverage. The Asia Society, which did the groundwork, are quoted as saying, 'If the present rate of melting continues, many of these glaciers will be severely diminished by the middle of this century.' I guess the previous claim wasn't too unrealistic."

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  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is my 40th first post.

    1. Re:first by Fluffeh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      this is my 40th first post.

      And also your 40th waste of time - and in this case, 40th fail. Seriously, if you want to get first posts, log in, become a subscriber (they get to see the news stories about 10-30 minutes before everyone else) and you can post first to your hearts content.

      You will get first posts, and as you subscribe, you get to also support the site the rest of us like to visit and read rather than waste time on squealing "first post... blah blah...". It's a win win scenario.

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  2. Too bad slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ten years ago, I would have thought it's something if it made it to slashdot front page. Now, chances are, it's another bullshit. And it's an understatement by "bullshit".

  3. Re:Easier for denialists by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If he's too drunk to login, just how is it that his spelling and grammar are superior to most sober folks around here? Or that he could use caps properly for grammar and emphasis? Seriously. I don't think s/he's drunk. Just too lazy to login. :p

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  4. Re:Didn't even check if evidence existed by dmuir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow. I actually saw your comment get down moded in real time! Kind of proves your point about moderator abuse...

  5. so any pictures from the 1940s by night_flyer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you know, after the last global warming spell?

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  6. Thank the gods... by liposuction · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thank the gods no one in Cancer research has ever said, "The science is settled." Or AIDS research. Or oil technology, plastics, coal, space flight. (That one I may be wrong about as it seems NASA is headed into Islam outreach.)

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  7. Now I'm worried. by archangel9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So Wall-E wasn't an instructional video?

  8. The pic from the article by rsax · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know, I checked out the image in the article and to me it just looks like everything looked pretty grey and dreary in 1921 whereas 2010 is cleary super awesome and colourful. Thank.. you climate change?