Sentences with phrase «indian glaciologist»
In the article, «Flooded Out,» Indian glaciologist Syed Hasnain speculates that the Himalayan glaciers could vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming.
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The original statement that gave life to that line was made by Indian glaciologist Syed Hasnain to Fred Pearce for an article which appeared in New Scientist back in 1999.
However, the lead author of the IPCC chapter, Indian glaciologist Murari Lal, told New Scientist he «outright rejected» the notion that the IPCC was off the mark on Himalayan glaciers.
In 1999 New Scientist reported a comment by the leading Indian glaciologist Syed Hasnain, who said in an email interview with this author that all the glaciers in the central and eastern Himalayas could disappear by 2035.
Apparently having misunderstood / misquoted an indian glaciologist in a telephone interview.
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The erroneous prediction of a precipitous end for the Himalayan glaciers was already revealed in November, when a glaciologist working for the Indian environment ministry presented a study on Himalayan glaciers that arrived at completely different conclusions than the IPCC report.
«Dr Pachauri has personally been drawn into a major row with the Indian government, previously among his leading supporters, after he described as «voodoo science» an official report by the country's leading glaciologist, Dr Vijay Raina, which dismissed Dr Hasnain's claims as baseless.»