Are Pakistan’s glaciers growing or retreating?

Baltoro glacier has grown since 1947

Pakistan has some of the world’s longest glaciers such as the massive glaciers of Baltoro and Biafo… Today scientists are saying that while glaciers around the world, including the Alps, have started losing mass in recent years due to warmer temperatures caused by climate change, glaciers in parts of Pakistan’s Karakoram range like the Baltoro have been putting on mass.

http://dawn.com/2012/10/14/earthly-matters-are-pakistans-glaciers-growing-or-retreating/

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