In a remarkable finding, the report claims the Gangotri glacier, the main source of the River Ganges, actually receded fastest in 1977 – and is today "practically at a stand still".
Alaska Arctic summer sea ice is receding faster than previously projected and is expected to virtually disappear before mid-century.
A rally was held outside parliament, which the compere kicked off by asking the crowd: "Who's sick of the ice receding faster than David Cameron's hairline?" The bishop of London, Richard Chartres, gave the first speech.
On the surface, these observations indicate that the galaxies in which they lie are farther away than predicted by the uniform "Hubble expansion" and thus have been receding faster.
In recent years, as the ice has started melting earlier and receding faster, polar bears have been missing their chance to get on the ice for their summer hunting, and been forced inland, close to human beings, where they have a tendency to get shot.
The row centres on the IPCC's "fourth assessment" report in 2007, which said "glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate".
Two years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN agency which evaluates the risk from global warming, warned the glaciers were receding faster than in any other part of the world and could "disappear altogether by 2035 if not sooner".
The row centres on the IPCC's "fourth assessment" report in 2007, which said "glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate".
Galaxies on the near side of a supercluster are pulled away from Earth and recede faster, while those on the far side of a cluster are pulled toward Earth and recede more slowly.
The panel's 2007 report said that Himalayan glaciers "are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate".
