Journalist from esteemed Science journal notified Pachauri of glacier data problems
The Himalayas were a 'central icon' to the overall global warming plank, and their status was widely used to demonize the US and its citizens. This one issue could be stretched to say the US was endangering 40% of the world's population via loss of waters from the Himalayas.
- Acceptance of such claims continues to be the basis for which the US has offered billions in taxpayer dollars for alleged climate reparations.
- had refuted the IPCC claim that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035. Dr Pachauri refused to address the problem, saying:
- “I don’t have anything to add on glaciers.”
- The Director of Greenpeace UK , John Sauven, said the Nobel laureate lacked character:
- character and judgment is tested.
- from TimesOnlineUK, 2/4/10, "IPCC Chief Rajendra Pachauri Under Pressure to Go Over Glacier Error, " by Ben Webster, via Tom Nelson
- NY Times: "Last month, the cabinet of Maldives donned scuba gear and held an underwater meeting to highlight the threat of global warming to that nation, the world’s lowest."...11/2/09, "Mt. Kilimanjaro ice cap continues rapid retreat, study says" (article notes Kilimanjaro is melting due to indeterminate causes).
- As did Time Magazine:
- (This is not to suggest the NY Times or Time Magazine had any idea about false data concerning the Himalayas).
- TimesOnlineUK, 1/24/10
- "Pachauri: the real story behind the Glaciergate Scandal," 1/23/10, UK Telegraph
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