Monday, January 18, 2010

No matter what it is, it’s caused by global warming
Here’s more proof that global warming climate change wackos will say everything is caused by global warming. Absolutely everything.
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The sky is falling! The river is rising! The sky is falling! The river is falling.
IPCC Pondering New Steps in Wake of Hacked E-mails Episode : ScienceInsider
Still, says Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science, a co-chair of one of the 2013 IPCC reports’ three working groups, it hasn't been "a particularly good period."

Still, he says: “So far in our exploration of this, and it is far from complete, this has been a stress test of IPCC procedures, but the IPCC procedures have held up extremely well." In December, 28 Republican members of Congress wrote to the United Nations, questioning whether IPCC could conduct a truly "independent investigation" of its authors’ behavior.

The panel’s 10-member executive team, led by Pachauri, is now considering a series of steps to further address the issue. One concept is new training for chapter authors. Field says that training would help them deal with what he expects will be "intense pressure" by outside critics. Midgley says that training could also help authors "to deal with papers contrary to the consensus view" on particular issues.

Changes in the review process for each chapter are also in the works, aimed at having an outside senior reviewer [chosen by Pachauri?] make sure that expert comments are properly considered. (Field said he was not aware of this option.) Finally, Midgley said that there is talk of asking an outside expert body to review issues raised by the e-mails.
Twitter / ELISE DURBECQ
Super depressed at hearing that my family (certain members) don't beleive in global warming
Damaged credibility doesn't alter climate facts - RICHARD TOL - The Irish Times - Mon, Jan 18, 2010
ANALYSIS: It used to be cool to be a climate-change crusader. Now the sceptics are in fashion

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