Ice in glacier north of Himalayas has increased so much may be causing decrease in ocean sea level-Nature Geoscience letter

8/21/12, "Karakoram Rising," The Resilient Earth, Doug L. Hoffman

"A letter to Nature Geoscience reports that the Karakoram glaciers, a part of the greater Himalaya north of the actual Himalaya Range, are actually gaining mass. Outside the ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, the Karakoram is the most heavily glaciated part of the world, containing nearly 3% of the planet's total ice area. But because they are so large, difficult to get to and dangerous to travel on, they have not been measured by conventional survey methods. Scientists have instead, been relying on satellite measurements, whose accuracy is now called into question. This impressive new study says that the Karakoram glaciers are not only not shrinking, they are accumulating enough ice each year to cause

• a slight decrease in ocean sea-level."...

via Climate Depot