Sunday, February 12, 2012

"Not Significantly Different From Zero"

In science-speak "not significantly different from zero" means the Asian glaciers are not melting.

The Himalayas and nearby peaks have lost no ice in past 10 years
... The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows.

The discovery has stunned scientists, who had believed that around 50bn tonnes of meltwater were being shed each year and not being replaced by new snowfall.
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"The very unexpected result was the negligible mass loss from high mountain Asia, which is not significantly different from zero."

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