UN report on glaciers melting is based on 'speculation
An official prediction by the United Nations that the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 may be withdrawn after it was found to be based on speculation rather than scientific evidence.
Two years ago, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made the claim which it said was based on detailed research into the impact of global warming.
But the IPCC have since admitted it was based on a report written in a science journal and even the scientist who was the subject of the original story admits it was not based on fact.
The article, in the New Scientist, was not even based on a research paper - it evolved from a short telephone interview with the academic.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 18, 2010
You might think that this makes the IPCC sound completely silly, BUT Al Gore has stated on TV that the interior of the earth is "millions of degrees"...so, perhaps some of this "million degree" heat will seep out of the earth's crust and suddenly melt all the glaciers. Now THAT'S some serious science!