Sentences with phrase «on himalayan»

As I have commented before, how is it that the Glaciergate claims got into AR4 based on the report of an ADVOCACY group, WWF, when Hasnain's 2035 claims had been shown to be a myth and a fiction in a PEER REVIEWED article in 2005 by one of the most qualified experts on Himalayan mountains, Prof. Jack Ives?

A Study Group on Himalayan Glaciers has also published a report on the subject in March, 2011.

But is has recently emerged that the IPCC statement on Himalayan glaciers, which was based on information from a 2005 report by the World Wildlife Fund, was in turn gleaned from an article that appeared in the popular UK science journal, The New Scientist in June 1999.

More information on Himalayan glaciers is available in the presentation entitled «Satellite - era glacier changes in High Asia.»

This is now published: Kehrwald N. M., L. G. Thompson, Y. Tandong, E. Mosley - Thompson, U. Schotterer, V. Alfimov, J. Beer, J. Eikenberg, M. E. Davis (2008), Mass loss on Himalayan glacier endangers water resources.

Let be honest here, I want to comment on this line ««While climate skeptics gain traction in the media and with policy makers — drawing endless attention to trivial errors (such as an AR4 typo on Himalayan glaciers)»... ok now, who believes this was a typo, no one.

«While climate skeptics gain traction in the media and with policy makers — drawing endless attention to trivial errors (such as an AR4 typo on Himalayan glaciers that was not present in other mentions of the same topic elsewhere in the report), or highlighting media - friendly soundbites from spokespeople and figureheads in as negative a light as possible — it seems to me that this emphasis diverts attention from actually using climate, meteorological and hydrological knowledge and research in the application of pressing current needs in the developing world.»

In the wake of recent events surrounding the IPCC's inclusion of speculative data on Himalayan glacier melting, and those surrounding the hacked climate emails, a recent editorial by New Scientist is particular worth reading.

Q: Do you think the [Indian] government failed in its duty to point out clearly [its concern about the statement on Himalayan glaciers] to the IPCC?

As for the Himalayas, Carrington continues: «The threat posed is far greater than even this terrifying prospect: a quarter of the world's people rely on Himalayan meltwater, which helps feed the great rivers that plunge down into Asia.

KN Vajpai, a senior scientist at Climate Himalaya, an NGO working on Himalayan systems based in Uttarakhand, questioned the Indian government's political commitment to tackling climate impacts.

Bajracharya Samjwal Ratna, Mool Pradeep Kumar and Shrestha Basanta Raj (2007), Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers and Glacial Lakes - Case Studies on GLOF and Associated Hazards in Nepal and Bhutan, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMD), Kathmandu

Data and information on Himalayan glaciers, however, are sparse and lack consistency, multi-temporal recording and field - validation; thus, rates of change for the entire region are unknown (23, 6).

In particular, transboundary scientific cooperation is needed to accurately assess regional climate change impacts on Himalayan glaciers and to fill knowledge gaps by providing scientific findings to the policy community based on the best scientific understanding of the issues (48, 44, 45).

Settling the Science on Himalayan glaciers.

Hasnain, of Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, who was then chairman of the International Commission on Snow and Ice's working group on Himalayan glaciology, has never repeated the prediction in a peer - reviewed journal.

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.

Gunter published something on Himalayan glaciers expanding, ad that information was all over Harris's web page.

His relationship with the Brahmaputra began at a Mumbai research institution in 2008 within the context of a larger study on Himalayan water security.

This goes across the gamut of identified sources of damages from sea level rise to impact on agriculture to drinking water stresses, especially for the billions in asia that rely on himalayan glaciers, to infectious disease to massive malevolent land use changes - think last year's Pakistani heat wave on steroids - to all the magnifying implications the resulting geopolitical conflict could trigger.

Glaciergate occurred because India's scientific authorities on Himalayan glaciers told their government that the IPCC assertion of complete loss of the glaciers by 2035 was impossible — a fact that all glaciologists knew — but the IPCC Chairman (Rajendra Pechauri) replied that this fact was «voodoo science».

And I'll totally ignore the fact that WGI had a perfectly accurate and sober assessment of the science on Himalayan glaciers.»)

The author, Fred Pearce, had quoted Indian scientist Syed Hasnain who was at the time chairman of the working group on Himalayan glaciology for the International Commission on Snow and Ice.

Contrast 2010: Settling the science on Himalayan glaciers Nature Reports Climate Change doi: 10.1038 / climate.2010.19

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Though the Tibetan earthquake was going to happen at some time, it is possible that changes in ice loading on Himalayan glaciers, changes in water volume outflows in the annual Asian monsoon, and sea level rise adding pressure to the geological plates below coastlines — especially in low - lying Bangladesh — had an impact.

A study published in Nature last week has found that the effects of climate change on Himalayan glaciers have been overstated.

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National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate; Water Science and Technology Board; Committee on Population; Committee on Himalayan Glaciers, Hydrology, Climate Change, and Implications for Water Security

It's hard and expensive work... but he's managed to add to the small body of scientific literature on Himalayan ice.

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Beyond Into Thin Air, there are many other interesting works on Himalayan mountaineering expeditions that chronicle the efforts of men and women who took on the ultimate challenge of attaining various great summits starting [continue reading...]

Hasnain is also the chairperson of the Working Group on Himalayan Glaciology (WGHG), constituted in 1995 by the ICSI.

A comprehensive review of the whole incident is presented in the Yale Forum's Anatomy of IPCC's Mistake on Himalayan Glaciers and Year 2035

[DB] Apart from Sphaerica's fine response, you may wish to read up a bit on Himalayan Glaciers.

One such as Rajendra Pachauri's attack on an Indian scientist for pointing out for four years that the IPCC's claim on Himalayan glaciers was incorrect during the period that the consulting firm he led, TERI, was negotiating for a large contract to study the glacial melting of Himalayan glaciers.

-- Dr. Murari Lal, IPCC Lead Author, on the Himalayan glaciers «melting by 2035» exaggeration in the Fourth Assessment Report, Daily Mail, Jan. 24, 2010

Most studies by Western scientists on Himalayan glaciers are done using the arctic glaciers as a base, Ramesh said, although they are structurally different.

As for a quarter of the world's population relying on Himalayan meltwater... Have these morons no sense at all?

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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.

Anatomy of IPCC's mistake on Himalayan glaciers and year 2035.

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He is the chief expert on the Himalayan Region Climate Change Assessment Project and glaciologist at the Chinese Academy of Science, and has compared those two national glacier surveys.

The map with that piece says much when you focus in on the Himalayan band.

Anatomy of I.P.C.C.'s Mistake on Himalayan Glaciers and Year 2035, by Bidisha Banerjee and George Collins in the Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media.

Although a major plate boundary with a history of large - to - great sized earthquakes, large earthquakes on the Himalayan thrust are rare in the documented historical era.

Although chewing on Himalayan Dog Chew may help scrape off softer layers of plaque and tartar on dog's teeth, it's not capable of fully eliminating threats of gum disease and tooth decay.

Dear Dr Edward Group, I really enjoyed your article on the Himalayan salt.