{"id":23640,"date":"2014-08-24T20:17:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23640"},"modified":"2014-08-24T20:17:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T00:17:08","slug":"whoops-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23640","title":{"rendered":"Whoops!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2014\/08\/24\/surpise-glaciers-appearing-in-scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wattsupwiththat<\/a> is reporting today that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Glacier\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Glacier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">glaciers<\/a> are appearing in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Scotland\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=55.95,-3.18333333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=55.95,-3.18333333333 (Scotland)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article quotes the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">BBC<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cHazards common in arctic and alpine areas but described as \u201cextremely unusual\u201d in the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Kingdom\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=51.5,-0.116666666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=51.5,-0.116666666667 (United%20Kingdom)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">UK<\/a> during the summer have been found on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ben Nevis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Nevis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Ben Nevis<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>A team of climbers and scientists investigating the mountain\u2019s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"North Face (film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Face_%28film%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">North Face<\/a> said snowfields remained in many gullies and upper <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Scree\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">scree slopes<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>On these fields, they have come across compacted, dense, ice hard snow call neve.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Neve is the first stage in the formation of glaciers, the team said.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The team has also encountered sheets of snow weighing hundreds of tonnes and tunnels and fissures known as bergschrunds.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is how <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ice age\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_age\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">ice ages<\/a> start&#8211;the snow does not melt in the summer, and the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Ice\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">growing ice<\/a> sheet reflects more sunlight back into space instead of absorbing it. As the cycle continues, the earth gets colder. So much for global warming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wattsupwiththat is reporting today that glaciers are appearing in Scotland. The article quotes the BBC: \u201cHazards common in arctic and alpine areas but described as \u201cextremely unusual\u201d in the UK during the summer have been found on Ben Nevis. 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