Sealevelgate (IPCC in trouble again?? OH NOES!!!11!)

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An amusing take on denier non-troversy.

"Imagine this. In its latest report, the IPCC has predicted up to 3 meters of sea level rise by the end of this century. But 'climate sceptics' websites were quick to reveal a few problems (or 'tricks', as they called it).

First, although the temperature scenarios of IPCC project a maximum warming of 6.4 ºC (Table SPM3), the upper limit of sea level rise has been computed assuming a warming of 7.6 ºC. Second, the IPCC chose to compute sea level rise up to the year 2105 rather than 2100 – just to add that extra bit of alarmism. Worse, the IPCC report shows that over the past 40 years, sea level has in fact risen 50% less than predicted by its models – yet these same models are used uncorrected to predict the future! And finally, the future projections assume a massive ice sheet decay which is rather at odds with past ice sheet behaviour.

Some scientists within IPCC warned early that all this could lead to a credibility problem, but the IPCC decided to go ahead anyway.

Now, the blogosphere and their great media amplifiers are up in arms. Heads must roll!

Unthinkable? Indeed. I am convinced that IPCC would never have done this.

But here is what actually did happen..."

http://www.grinzo.com/energy/index.php/2010/03/11/sealevelgate/

[joshcryer]

1. Saw the RC.org post about this. Good stuff.