Climate leaks are 'misleading' says IPCC ahead of major report

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Source: BBC

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned against drawing too many conclusions from the latest leaked version of its upcoming, and eagerly awaited Assessment Report 5 (AR5).

This massive tome will be published in four stages over the next year - the first part, the physical science behind climate change, will be presented in Stockholm on 26 September.

The process of compiling this report, with several hundred scientists, 195 governments and over 100 non-governmental organisations involved has been particularly leaky, with at least three confidential drafts being made public in the last year.

According to the latest scoop, the scientists are set to say they are more convinced than ever that global warming is caused by humans. They will say they are 95% certain that our use of fossil fuels is the main reason behind the global rise in temperatures since the 1950s.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23755901

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deniers suck

yup

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. I hope its loaded with predictions.

That's what made the 2007 report so good. It predicted some of the extreme weather events we saw after. That's the basic thing about good science, it makes predictions about the future that come true. When one side accurate predicts what happens and the other doesn't, the smart money knows who to stand with.

[polichick]

2. Let me guess: Republicans won't care.

[bemildred]

3. So it's scary, but we shouldn't panic? nt

[PuffedMica]

4. It is the deniers who are misleading

The science is staring them in the face, and they keep pointing and screaming "Look over there!"

[Locrian]

5. 95?

See!? They can't even be SURE of it so it probably isn't true!

[bearssoapbox]

6. The deniers response....

"The report is false because a geologist paid by The Heritage Foundation and the petroleum industry said "that cow flatulence produces more methane gas than humans and cows have been around for hundreds, or maybe even thousands of years, and global warming wasn't a problem for all those years. And if you're worried about carbon dioxide maybe people should stop breathing because they exhale carbon dioxide."