Glaciergate: And Now We Come to the Pay-Off

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I can report a further dramatic twist to what has inevitably been dubbed "Glaciergate" – the international row surrounding the revelation that the latest report on global warming by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contained a wildly alarmist, unfounded claim about the melting of Himalayan glaciers. Last week, the IPCC, led by its increasingly controversial chairman, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, was forced to issue an unprecedented admission: the statement in its 2007 report that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035 had no scientific basis, and its inclusion in the report reflected a "poor application" of IPCC procedures.

What has now come to light, however, is that the scientist from whom this claim originated, Dr Syed Hasnain, has for the past two years been working as a senior employee of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), the Delhi-based company of which Dr Pachauri is director-general. Furthermore, the claim – now disowned by Dr Pachauri as chairman of the IPCC – has helped TERI to win a substantial share of a $500,000 grant from one of America's leading charities, along with a share in a three million euro research study funded by the EU.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/7062667/Pachauri-the-real-story-behind-the-Glaciergate-scandal.html

So, in other words, the scientist who readily admits his claim was included for political reasons works for the man who included the BS in the IPCC and the BS helped net multi-million dollar grants.

How does this fraud persist as a topic of serious discussion?

[Chris_]

How does this fraud persist as a topic of serious discussion?

It doesn't, except when TNO is here.......

I think that you said it best in another thread........peer review no longer applies to this argument, nor does admitted fraud, and suspension/investigation of the perpetrators from their "positions"......the goal posts have been moved, now only prosecution and conviction matter, and when/if that happens, those goal posts will have to be relocated yet again......

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[bkg]

Science is no longer driven by scientists... it's driven by politicians and activists who happen to work in the scientific community. When someone states something will happen, w/o facts or verifiable proof via experiementation, rest assured they are NOT a scientist. Any scientist worth his/her salt would call global warming nothing but a poorly formed hypothesis with no evidence supporting said hypothesis.

[LordHelpUs]

We need to send a space crew to the Sun ,and cool that damn thing down