The glaciers in the Karakoram Range and Asian Mountains in China seem to be expanding and growing. Satellite images show that the size of these glaciers is actually increasing. Karakoram Glaciers cover 3% of the earth surface (and this area excludes those of Antarctica and Greenland) the glaciers had increased in thickness by about 0.11 meters over the time region from 1998 to 2008. According to researchers, global warming does not seem to have affected them at all.

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