UN author says upcoming climate report 'alarmist,' pulls out of writing team

UN author says upcoming climate report 'alarmist,' pulls out of writing team
3/28/2014
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One of the authors of a draft United Nations report aimed at helping governments reach an international climate agreement has pulled out of the writing team, claiming his colleagues were being too "alarmist" about the threat of climate change, Reuters reported. 

UN Author Severs Ties With 'Alarmist' Climate Change Writing Team
3/28/2014
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A respected professor of economics at Sussex University in England has severed ties with the upcoming United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, claiming that his colleagues are "alarmist" about the threat of climate change.

Climate Forecast: Muting the Alarm
Even while it exaggerates the amount of warming, the IPCC is becoming more cautious about its effects.
By MATT RIDLEY
March 27, 2014 
http://goo.gl/E5Wz0K
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will shortly publish the second part of its latest report, on the likely impact of climate change. Government representatives are meeting with scientists in Japan to sex up—sorry, rewrite—a summary of the scientists' accounts of storms, droughts and diseases to come. But the actual report, known as AR5-WGII, is less frightening than its predecessor seven years ago.

Smearing Climate Skeptics
By Russell Cook
3/27/2014
http://goo.gl/KX9npH

Sea Ice Update March 26 2014 – Antarctic Sea Ice Is 930,000 sq km Above Normal
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