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The NZ Herald features an article looking at the recent Glaciergate controversy, in which the IPCC incorrectly claimed in a recent document that Himalay’s glaciers could be gone by 2035. The mistake, brought to the attention of the IPCC by a reviewer, has served to further polarise opinions about the IPCC. An excerpt: (read in [...]
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Clinton’s science advisor jets in Expect New Zealand’s unease with genetic modification and options for alternative energy production to be in the spotlight next week as the Government hosts a high-powered series of science workshops featuring key officials from the US Government. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may have postponed her New Zealand visit [...]
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is reexamining a report it issued that suggests Himalayan glaciers could vanish by 2035. The veracity of the claim is in doubt after it was revealed that information cited in the report was based on “grey literature”. It was taken from a WWF report that was not [...]
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In 1938 Hungarians Ladislao and George Biro patented their idea of a ball-nibbed pen with quick drying ink.
