by fredgrover on March 1, 2010
A UN environment spokesperson announced on Friday that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will come under review by an independent team of scientists, following a string of published errors that cast doubt on its credibility.
Last month, the UN climate body admitted that it had exaggerated in its 2007 report the speed at which [...]
by Geoff on February 15, 2010
Martin Parry, who had been silent on the controversy involving mistakes made by the climate change panel of the UN, finally came out to defend his work, describing it as “robust and rigorous.”
The climate expert from the Grantham Institute and Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College, London, stated that he was “perplexed” with how [...]
by Geoff on February 9, 2010
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Friday said it was investigating whether it had erroneously reported that over half of the Netherlands is below sea level. The glitch came after its earlier exaggeration of the thaw in the Himalayan glaciers.
“We are looking into it,” commented Brenda Abrar-Milani, a spokesperson for the IPCC’s [...]
by Julie on February 9, 2010
Climate experts of UN’s team on global warming have expressed their disappointment towards actions done by their colleagues, who belong to other disciplines, for an error included in the 2007 report about the melting of glaciers.
Experts who worked on a part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which is focused on global [...]