More From The Front Lines Of Skepticism

This doesn't surprise me when you take into consideration that many of the people who work for the IPCC, and do research for the IPCC, are not even scientists. Instead these are people that don't possess the qualifications necessary to weigh in on what should be a scientific debate - not a political platform. Is this really the organization that we as a species want biasing sweeping political policy? They don't exactly have a sterling reputation for thorough fact checking, astute science or objective presentations - and five minutes with Google will be more than enough to verify my very explicit accusations.

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

The vice-chairman of the UN's climate science panel has admitted it made a mistake in asserting that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included the date in its 2007 assessment of climate impacts.

A number of scientists have recently disputed the 2035 figure, and Jean-Pascal van Ypersele told BBC News that it was an error and would be reviewed.

But he said it did not change the broad picture of man-made climate change.
The issue, which BBC News first reported on 05 December, has reverberated around climate websites in recent days.

Some commentators maintain that taken together with the contents of e-mails stolen last year from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, it undermines the credibility of climate science.

Dr van Ypersele said this was not the case...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8468358.stm