Climate sceptics get it wrong
Notwithstanding the IPCC's error about glacier melting, there is consensus among
scientists that the earth is warming. Those who deny it should offer proof, to the
same standard that they demand of others, writes Darryl D'Monte.
31 January 2010 - From all accounts, the repeated attacks by sections of the British
media and climate skeptics on Dr R K Pachauri and the UN Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), which he heads, appear to be an orchestrated move to discredit
him and the body which is the most authoritative source of scientific knowledge
on global warming.
First, there was the so-called 'Climate gate' scandal, where e-mails of University
of East Anglia scientists in the UK, who contributed to the IPCC reports, were leaked.
These showed that certain findings, which went against the conventional wisdom that
the earth is warming, were sought to be suppressed. However inept these attempts
at withholding certain facts were, they certainly don't detract from the overall
findings of the IPCC that the earth's average temperatures are rising. Only very
recently, NASA has shown that the last decade was the warmest in recorded history.
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