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UN climate change expert: there could be more errors in report
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Saturday, January 23, 2010 |
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Rajendra Pachauri is defending himself when the errors in the IPCC report are coming out one by one. He declined to blame the authors behing the erroneous part of the report. I don't want to blame anyone, he said, though he admitted that the responsibility lies with them. Hasnain, the person behind the claim on himalayan glaciers opined that the report was poor researched, and he knew it,writes Jeremy Page in Times Online. |
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IPCC expresses regret over glacier melting conclusion
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change admitted that it has made mistakes in the fourth assessment report, after Syed Iqbal Hasnain said that his conclusion that Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 was mere speculation, reports The Hindu.
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Glacier melts credibility of climate science
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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After Climategate it is the glaciergate which is a blow to the credibility of the IPCC. The IPCC had to admit that they were wrong in the claim that himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035.RK Pachauri had blamed Jairam Ramesh as arrogant as he refused to buy their conclusions. However, he was proven right, reports The Economic Times. |
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West uses 'glacier theory' to flog India on climate change
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Thursday, January 21, 2010 |
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The UN's climate body, IPCC's claim that himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 helps the west to put pressure on India to reduce emissions. It is said that burning of cow dung and firewood adds to the problem. But, it was found that the emissions from the US were higher, reports The Times Of India. |
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IPCC officials admit mistake over melting Himalayan glaciers
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 |
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Senior members of the UN's climate science body admit a claim that Himalayan glaciers could melt away by 2035 was unfounded.The row centres on the IPCC’s 2007 report, which said 'glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world. Now they admit that the speed at which glaciers are receding is not greater than in other parts of the world, writes Damian Carrington in The Guardian. |
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UN climate body admits 'mistake' on Himalayan glaciers
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
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Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, the vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel, IPCC admitted that they made a mistake in their assertion that the himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035. Hoever, he claimed that it doesn't change the whole picture. Several glaciologists have found the claims of the IPCC report wrong, writes Richard Black in BBC News.
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Ramesh turns heat on Pachauri over glacier melt scare
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
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Recent developments have tarnished the reputation of IPCC. It was found that their central claim that himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 was based on speculation. Jairam Ramesh points out that VK Raina's report was dismissed by Rajendra Pachauri as voodoo science, writes Nitin sethi in The Times Of India. |
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Government contention vindicated: Jairam Ramesh
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Monday, January 18, 2010 |
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The evidence which suggests that IPCC was wrong on himalayan glaciers vindicates the Indian Government, said Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests. The claim that the himalayan glaciers will met by 2035, was based on a statement made by Hasnain to New Scientist. Hasnain later took back the statement , and admitted that it was mere speculation, writes Aarti Dhar in The Hindu. |
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Major Antarctic glacier reached 'tipping point'
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Friday, January 15, 2010 |
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British scientists have claimed that the collapse of a major Antarctic glacier would raise global sea levels. Pine Island glacier has melted over a long period of time. It is said that it has retreated around 200 Kms in 100 years, reports The Times Of India.
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Cold wave takes its toll across the northern hemisphere
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 |
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FREEZING WEATHER brought further disruption across vast swathes of northern Europe as the death toll from the unusually severe cold snap, mainly among homeless men, continued to climb.The bad weather is expected to last for another two weeks, draining European gas supplies. Britain’s national grid warned that record gas demand might exceed supply for the second time this week after a drop in supplies from Norway, as dozens of big industrial users switched to other fuels to ensure heating for households. |
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