Melting glaciers on the roof of the world 20 November 09

Yet more incontrovertible evidence of the impact of global warming. Glaciers are one of the best indicators, because they respond to long-term average changes more than annual fluctuations in temperature and snowfall. What will the deniers say to this one? Urban heat island effects, perhaps, at the base of Mount Everest? Er...

Interestingly, not everyone wants to admit that these glaciers are actually melting. The Indian government, for example, presumably to support its insistence on high-carbon coal-based growth, recently released a report suggesting that the current rate of glacial retreat was nothing out of the ordinary.