evidence: Trump’s view that ice caps are ‘setting records’ baffles scientists [...] OSLO — Scientists puzzled on Monday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that ice caps are "setting records" when much of the world’s ice from the Alps to the Andes is melting amid global warming. [...] "Glaciers and ice caps are globally continuing to melt at extreme rate," said Michael Zemp, director of the World Glacier Monitoring Service which tracks hundreds of glaciers.