The_Barnacle wrote on Feb 25
th, 2018 at 9:44am:
Clearly you haven't. It is called the heat ISLAND effect for a reason you know. It doesn't affect the surrounding countryside.
And it still doesn't explain all the other retreating glaciers which are nowhere near urban areas.
An island is a relatively small land area that is surrounded by water. One of the features of an island is the way they deflect tides, currents, and can effect weather patterns. If we introduced a second Solomon Islands sized group south of the current Solomon Islands, I bet weather patterns would change in Australia.
The heat island in regions that experience a lot of snow would have an effect on surrounding countryside. Going 20km north of my town in the winter, you would find that the cold is more pronounced than what you find in the town. But you would need to have considerable heat to effect that much cold. But glaciers would not affect that much by urban heat. If you can't believe that a change in seasons and a change in urban heat does effect glacial size, then what are you doing IMPLYING a rise in average global temperatures have to do with glacial size. You are painting yourself into a corner on this one. Or perhaps the paint fumes are getting to you.
And, obviously, the surrounding region having people move in would change the environment by snow ploughing the area and doing all kinds of exploring and rearranging of surrounds. Chances are.... that photo with the road in the middle, probably has been ploughed every year so that the cars can get through. I would be sure that had everyone packed up and left, the lack of ploughing the area would lead to glaciers regenerate.
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