00:00Something shocking just emerged from the world's most dangerous glacier,
00:03and it has climate skeptics celebrating.
00:06A new NASA image from the International Space Station
00:09shows glaciers in Asia's Karakoram Mountains doing the unthinkable.
00:13They're growing.
00:15That's right!
00:16The Lolofond and Taram Cher glaciers are merging with the massive Siachen Glacier,
00:20defying the global trend of melting ice.
00:23Scientists call it the Karakoram Anomaly,
00:26and they've been baffled by it since the 1990s.
00:29While glaciers are vanishing everywhere else due to rising temperatures,
00:32these ones are gaining mass.
00:34Some believe it's due to cooler summers
00:36and heavier snowfall in this volatile region between India and Pakistan.
00:40Others say layers of dust and debris could be protecting the ice from melting.
00:44But that theory is still debated.
00:47This isn't the only anomaly.
00:49Antarctica has also seen surprising ice growth since 2021.
00:53Now, climate change deniers are using this discovery
00:56to argue that global warming is exaggerated.
00:58But scientists warn, these anomalies may be temporary
01:02and don't disprove long-term climate trends.
01:05Still, the mystery remains.
01:07Why is ice growing where it should be melting?
01:09And what does that really mean for the future of our planet?
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