Yes,a lot more research needed, especially by certain AN brothers and sisters!
Climatic and glacial studies have been ongong for a lot more than 30 years, BTW.
A few, selected, glaciers in the Himalayas have recently increased mass slightly due to heavier local snowfall but this is likely due to rising temperatures and this condition is probably only temporary.
The Patagonian ice fields and glaciers are also receding, just not as fast as in Europe. So it does fit the "spin", I'm afraid.