Shades of 'Gray Literature': How Much IPCC Reform is Needed?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report from the group working on global warming's impacts contained at least one error. "Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world (see Table 10.9) and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the Earth keeps warming at the current rate," the report notes. [More] Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Climate change - Global warming - Environment - Climate Change: The Ipcc Response Strategies

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