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The Big Climate Report-not released and already Controversial

zogger
Sun Jan 28 19:20:31 -0800 2007
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The global climate change report set to be released on February 2nd by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is already quite controversial, including such statements as they under considered the impact of the  "two big gorillas" of melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica.


"Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures. But that may be the sugarcoated version."..more there

The problem with trying for a "consensus" report

Beryllium Sphere(r)
Sun Jan 28 20:55:39 -0800 2007
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For any given assumption about how much CO2, CH4, and particulate matter will be in the atmosphere over the next few decades, there's still a wide range of possibilities consistent with our scientific knowledge, ranging from significant to severe.

It sure looks like the report on sea level forecasts should boil down to "we don't know, further research is needed to explain and predict ice sheet melting rates".

The Big Climate Report-not released and already Controversial
Spider
Mon Jan 29 14:45:53 -0800 2007
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Lets face it - Gorillas don't monkey about.
 

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