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Dutch Agency Admits Mistakes In UN Climate Report
Hugh Pickens writes "The AP reports that the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency has taken the blame for one of the glaring errors that undermined the credibility of a seminal, 3,000-page UN report last year on climate change, and disclosed that it had discovered more small mistakes. However, the review by the agency also claims that none of the errors affected the fundamental conclusion by a UN panel of scientists: that global warming caused by humans already is happening and is threatening the lives and well-being of millions of people. The Dutch agency reported in 2005 that 55 percent of the Netherlands is below sea level, when only 26 percent is. The second previously reported error claimed the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, which the Dutch agency partly traced to a report on the likely shrinking of glaciers by the year 2350. The original report also said global warming will put 75 million to 250 million Africans at risk of severe water shortages in the next 10 years, but a recalculation showed that range should be 90 million to 220 million. The analysis said future IPCC reports should have a more robust review process, and should look more closely at where information comes from."
None of us fucking ignorant idiots who are incapable of thinking for ourselves buy the idea that it's a scam anymore...
FTFY
How do people like this figure out to use computers? Also, you've misspelled 'modded' in your sig.
Interesting.
None of us fucking ignorant idiots who are incapable of thinking for ourselves buy the idea that it's a scam anymore...
FTFY
Why so many adjectives on 'idiots'? Did think that 'ignorant idiots' or 'fucking idiots' wasn't far enough considering how little citation or evidence or you know, just words outside of an acronym, you seem to want to provide ... ?
Interesting.
The current debate over global warming is not unlike the debate over evolution, which is to say, there really isn't any rational debate.
Exactly what many of us have been saying, how is it rational to believe in a conclusion based on data they will not let you see? Or to present a "scientific" paper laden with non-scientific articles from advocacy groups meant to make you envision a world without glaciers and the like... that's not a report, that's a movie script.
In the end scientific fact will win through, and we'll figure out how much of the warming trend is indeed caused by humans. Sadly these setbacks have cost years and a lot of credibility with the public, which they will have to win back carefully if they truly care about the environment.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
I just love armchair environmentalists - you know, condo-living yuppies who might venture outside of their six-block down-town metropolis life once a year (to vacation to another city). Save the environment, please!!
I spend a great deal of time in very remote wilderness areas, and the thing that constantly amazes me is how life covers every square inch of our planet. Has for billions of years. No matter how harsh the environment, or what a particular area gets dealt in terms of weather that year, life always adapts. I've seen stories here in Canada (no references) that Polat Bears are adapting to less sea ice, and it's no surprise to me. We are making WAY too big of a deal out of a minute percentage change in temperatures year to year, the real world hands it much worse most of the time, and life pulls through fine.
What are we worrying about?
Wow, I already got troll mods, why?
Be thankful. Richard Lindzen gets death threats.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
lol you are dumb. Proof:
1) You have brought nothing but insults from the beginning.
2) Apparently you have no actual point to make, because you have mentioned no evidence anywhere, instead relying on insults.
3) It is well known that people who are dumb talk and think they are making sense when actually they bring up no evidence of anything.
4) given all the above, you are therefore dumb.
QED. Thankyou, that was entertaining.
Qxe4