re: #145 Charles

Again, you’re promoting ideas that are not true.

The Himalayan glaciers ARE in danger. The Amazon rain forest IS in danger. And there are many, many climate change issues in Africa.

The fact that a very few statements in the report about these areas have been shown to be in error has absolutely no effect on the mountains of data that show the very real problems they face from AGW.

Sorry, but you are misinformed. The Himalayan Glacier prediction has been proven false and the IPCC has already retracted it and apologised for it. There is no other data, all we can say for certain at this point is that we do not yet understand the Himalayan Glaciers and need more research. The part about the Amazon and Africa have also been recently proven false, I expect those sections will be withdrawn as well.

These are from the short and influential synthesis report, they are among the most alarming predictions in the entire AR4 and are often cited and highlighted. There are no mountains of data which uphold these items. They are false. With their removal, there is not much left to be alarmed about.