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Al Gore’s Inconvenient Goof?
Mr Gore, speaking at the Copenhagen climate change summit, stated the latest research showed that the Arctic could be completely ice-free in five years.
In his speech, Mr Gore told the conference: “These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.”
However, the climatologist whose work Mr Gore was relying upon dropped the former Vice-President in the water with an icy blast.
“It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at,” Dr Maslowski said. “I would never try to estimate likelihood at anything as exact as this.”
The Times: ‘Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole sums don’t add up’
UPDATE: There seems to be some confusion over this story, as reported here.
See also the 29th October 2009 CRN post: ‘Place Your Bets for a Sea Ice-Free Arctic’
December 15th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
The plot/ice thickens:
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/4483/Exclusive-Brochure-reveals-Gore-accurately-cited-scientists-prediction-of-icefree-Arctic–It-is-the-Scientist-who-has-the-explaining-to-do–not-Gore
December 15th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
See an earlier CRN post:
http://climateresearchnews.com/2009/10/place-your-bets-for-a-sea-ice-free-arctic/