Science update shows it’s getting hotter faster
27 Nov 2009
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the world's foremost body for weighing and assessing climate science - received a kick in the pants yesterday from members who say the climate situation is much worse than the IPCC has reported.
Twenty-six climatologists - including 14 IPCC members - have released a startling update to the panel's work, reporting that sea levels could rise and methane-laden arctic permafrost could melt much sooner than the panel had anticipated.
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