By John W. Lillpop
In a truly disgusting culling of scientific facts in favor of political correctness, the alarmist IPCC panel has continued to promote the myth which holds that climate change is a serious threat to survival of the very planet, and that we humans are most likely the cause.
As reported at the reference, the IPCC is even more determined than ever to make human activity the culprit in the demise of our beloved home, regardless of the facts:
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists can now say with extreme confidence that human activity is the dominant cause of the global warming observed since the 1950s, a new report by an international scientific group said Friday.
Calling man-made warming “extremely likely,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change used the strongest words yet on the issue as it adopted its assessment on the state of the climate system.
In its previous assessment, in 2007, the U.N.-sponsored panel said it was “very likely” that global warming was man-made.
It now says the evidence has grown thanks to more and better observations, a clearer understanding of the climate system and improved models to analyze the impact of rising temperatures.
“Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amount of snow and ice has diminished, the global mean sea level has risen and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased,” said Qin Dahe, co-chair of the working group that wrote the report.
The full 2,000-page report isn’t going to be released until Monday, but a summary for policymakers with the key findings was published Friday. It contained few surprises as many of the findings had been leaked in advance.
Climate activists said the report should spur governments to action.
“There are few surprises in this report but the increase in the confidence around many observations just validates what we are seeing happening around us,” said Samantha Smith, of the World Wildlife Fund.
One of the most controversial subjects in the report was how to deal with a purported slowdown in warming in the past 15 years. Climate skeptics say this “hiatus” casts doubt on the scientific consensus on climate change.
Many governments had objections over how the issue was treated in earlier drafts and some had called for it to be deleted altogether.
In the end, the IPCC made only a brief mention of the issue in the summary for policymakers, stressing that short-term records are sensitive to natural variability and don’t in general reflect long-term trends.”
Once again, climate alarmists have sacrificed scientific integrity at the altar of progressive political voodoo.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/27/climate-panel-warming-extremely-likely-man-made/?page=2#ixzz2g64tWBg0
