The man-made global warming lies continue to be exposed; it just keeps getting worse for the pseudo-science some once regarded as sacrosanct.
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A WARNING that climate change will melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after a series of scientific blunders by the United Nations body that issued it.
Two years ago the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a benchmark report that was claimed to incorporate the latest and most detailed research into the impact of global warming. A central claim was the world's glaciers were melting so fast that those in the Himalayas could vanish by 2035.
In the past few days the scientists behind the warning have admitted that it was based on a news story in the New Scientist, a popular science journal, published eight years before the IPCC's 2007 report.
It has also emerged that the New Scientist report was itself based on a short telephone interview with Syed Hasnain, a little-known Indian scientist then based at Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.
Hasnain has since admitted that the claim was "speculation" and was not supported by any formal research. If confirmed it would be one of the most serious failures yet seen in climate research. The IPCC was set up precisely to ensure that world leaders had the best possible scientific advice on climate change.
Professor Murari Lal, who oversaw the chapter on glaciers in the IPCC report, said he would recommend that the claim about glaciers be dropped: "If Hasnain says officially that he never asserted this, or that it is a wrong presumption, than I will recommend that the assertion about Himalayan glaciers be removed from future IPCC assessments."
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Continue reading at the Times UK >>
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Update 1: Public Admission of Fault -- January 20, 2010
UN climate chief PUBLICLY admits mistake on Himalayan glaciers warning >>
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Update 2: Even More Mistakes -- January 23, 2010
UN climate change expert: there could be MANY MORE errors in report >>
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Update 3: IPCC Chief Knew Data Was False, But Lied to Put Political Pressure on World Leaders
I Lied and I Had My Reasons >>
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Update 4: Resignation Demanded -- January 24, 2010
Scathing Call for IPCC Chief to Resign >>
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