Challenging Climate
Challenging Climate
Monday, September 06, 2010
  Search 
Home
About Us
Opportunities
Support Us
 
Please enter your email here, we would like to keep you informed.
 
 
Sections
Global Warming
Global Cooling
Droughts
Diseases
Rain and Flood
Cyclones and Storms
Climate Negotiations
Climate Economics
GHG Emissions
Climate Science
Climate Scares
Adaptation
Mitigation
Energy Resources
Development
Climate Policies
Energy Technologies
Climate Events
Climate Prediction
Sea Level
Glaciers
Last Updated : Thursday, September 02, 2010 Glaciers
 
UN climate change expert: there could be more errors in report
Published on : Saturday, January 23, 2010
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.
IPCC expresses regret over glacier melting conclusion
Published on : Thursday, January 21, 2010
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.
Glacier melts credibility of climate science
Published on : Thursday, January 21, 2010
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.
West uses 'glacier theory' to flog India on climate change
Published on : Thursday, January 21, 2010
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.
IPCC officials admit mistake over melting Himalayan glaciers
Published on : Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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.
UN climate body admits 'mistake' on Himalayan glaciers
Published on : Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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.
Ramesh turns heat on Pachauri over glacier melt scare
Published on : Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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.
Government contention vindicated: Jairam Ramesh
Published on : Monday, January 18, 2010
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.
Major Antarctic glacier reached 'tipping point'
Published on : Friday, January 15, 2010
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.
Cold wave takes its toll across the northern hemisphere
Published on : Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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.
12

TOP HEADLINES
Catastrophe and prosperity
The Telegraph apologises to Dr R K Pachauri
Monsoon rains pound North and South India, eludes West Bengal
India committed Rs 25,000 crore for climate mitigation, say minister
No concrete proof to pin Leh cloudburst on global warming: Experts
West Bengal: 11 districts declared drought hit
Chased by monsoon
Responsible energy or subsidy slut
The Pacific Is the Real Global Warmer!
Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Changing climate in China India relations

An Initiative of
LIBERTY INSTITUTE, INDIA
All rights reserved.