Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Glacial Melt
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Error on glacier damaged IPCC credibility
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), on Wednesday admitted that its credibility was damaged by the controversy over its 2007 report, which falsely claimed that the Himalayan glaciers could melt away by 2035.
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Report as solid as careful science can make it: IPCC
Facing severe criticism in the wake of revelations that its landmark 2007 report contained some highly embarrassing mistakes, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Wednesday defended its procedures and said any report as wide-ranging and voluminous as the one it produced could not be
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Glacier mistake cost us dear: Pachauri
IPCC chairman R K Pachauri has admitted that the panel
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Many glaciers, ice caps worldwide in retreat
Core evidence: Ice cores collected in 2006 from the 6050 metre high Naimona
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IPCC flooded by criticism
Climate body slammed for errors and potential conflicts of interest.
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IPCC studies robust, says Pachauri
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman R K Pachauri has dismissed as
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Statement by Delhi Paltform on the Himalayan Glaciers controversy
The latest statement by Delhi Platform on Himalayan glacial melt controversy. Says that critics have missed key issues and have ignored impacts & perceptions of people who live in the vicinity of glaciers.
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Pachauri defiant, says charges against IPCC unfounded
New Delhi: For Rajendra Pachauri, the ordeal is never-ending. Repeatedly being dragged in the eye of the storm for the
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Date wrong, science credible
Sunita Narain, director, Centre of Science and Environment, says that her past battles with IPCC chief R.K. Pachauri do not detract from the truth of climate change and that climate skeptics should not take advantage of the `date mistake' in the IPCC report on Himalayan glaciers. Excerpts from an interview: What is your reaction to the whole glacier controversy?
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Let the sunlight in on climate change
The IPCC was tasked by the governments of the world to deliver an encyclopedic consensus on the state of knowledge about one of the most far-reaching yet divisive questions of our time. And this grouping of thousands of scientists, taking time out from their regular jobs has, for more than two decades, delivered.