Is Global Warming a Hoax?
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ok - I'm trying to read through these last few articles.
"Alaskan Glaciers Grow for First Time in 250 years" Jazx
I don't see anywhere in the article that actually mentioned the "growing" glaciers but I did follow up on the researcher mentioned (Bruce Molnia) and picked up some of his papers. In the abstract of one paper he states that
"Today, retreating and/or thinning glaciers represent more than 98% of the glaciers examined. However, in the Coast Mountains, St. Elias Mountains, Chugach Mountains, and the Aleutian Range more than a dozen glaciers are currently advancing and thickening. Many currently advancing glaciers are or were formerly tidewater glaciers. Some of these glaciers have been expanding for more than two centuries. This presentation documents the post-Little-Ice-Age behavior and variability of the response of many Alaskan glaciers to changing regional climate."
http://www.sciencedirect.com/sci…
I don't know what the significance of being a "tide water glacier" is but it seems to me that the article you linked chose to ignore the fact that 98% of observed glaciers are retreating.