Himalayan Glaciers Gone by 2035? IPCC Mistaken
Arnoldy, Ben, The Christian Science Monitor
The 2035 Himalayan glacier doomsday date in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was a mistake, say Indian scientists. But debate continues over how fast Himalayan glaciers are melting due to global warming.
First, the good news: Himalayan glaciers are not likely to disappear by 2035, as originally claimed by a widely-publicized United Nations report.
The bad news? Scientists did not challenge the spurious date for years and some now warn that, in fact, our understanding about Himalayan glaciers rests on thin data.
Over the past week, it emerged that the doomsday date found its way into a 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on …
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Article title: Himalayan Glaciers Gone by 2035? IPCC Mistaken.
Contributors: Arnoldy, Ben - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: January 21, 2010.
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