With the IPCC in a deep hole, co-author Philip Duffy keeps digging

Mistakes Happen

The so-called “climate debate” has taken a sharp turn away from discussing science and towards attacking the credibility of individuals and institutions...In an enterprise as large and complex as IPCC, errors are bound to occur. (I guarantee this is not the only one.)
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As an IPCC co-author, I am dismayed that one of my colleagues violated a procedure at the very core of the IPCC process. There is no excuse for this, especially at a time when climate science is coming under intense scrutiny (ironically for reasons that themselves may be less than honorable. But none of this changes the basic facts about glaciers (they are almost all shrinking) or climate change in general. In this case a “planet doctor” cut a corner and as a result made a mistake, but the planet is nonetheless sick.