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Climate scientists themselves now admit their calculations on global warming were WRONG, though they divert blame to glitchy computer models.
A new "Little Ice Age" could begin in just four years predicted Habibullo Abdussamatov.
‘remember thou art but mortal, and all glory is fleeting’
reply to post by grey580
‘remember thou art but mortal, and all glory is fleeting’
I see two issues to ponder.
1. A whole lot of very smart thoroughly meticulous people made a mistake.
or
2. The data entered was entered badly on purpose.
Which scenario is more likely?
Global warming will end life on earth (but don't panic, you've got 3.5bn years left!)
The IPCC does not carry out research nor does it monitor climate related data. The responsibility of the lead authors of IPCC reports is to assess available information about climate change drawn mainly from the peer reviewed and published scientific/technical literature.[14] The IPCC reports are a compendium of peer reviewed and published science. Each subsequent IPCC report notes areas where the science has improved since the previous report and also notes areas where further research is required.
Leaked details from the forthcoming report indicate that the worst sea level rise scenarios for the year 2100, under the highest emissions of carbon dioxide, could reach 97cm.
Some scientists, including Prof Rahmstorf, have been unhappy with the models used by the IPCC to calculate the rise. Using what's termed a semi-empirical model, the projections for sea level can reach 2m. At that point, an extra 187 million people across the world would be flooded.
But the IPCC is likely to say that there is no consensus about the semi-empirical approach and will stick with the lower figure of just under 1m.