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by dylangs1030 4772 days ago
Erm...what? Do you have any data behind those claims?

The InterGovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) disagrees with you: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/spmsspm-...

While we're at it, so does the National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10139&page=1

So does the EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/Downloads/endangerment/Enda...

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Sorry but you haven't kept up with the publications. This is a report on IPCC ar5!

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/12/13/ipcc-ar5-draft-leaked-...

"IPCC AR5 draft leaked, contains game-changing admission of enhanced solar forcing – as well as a lack of warming to match model projections, and reversal on ‘extreme weather’"

Looks like you haven't kept up with the publications except those posted by the conservative foes of climate science like Alex Rawls. There have been many rebuttals of the claim that there is a "game-changing admission" in the leaked document, here's a good one: http://skepticalscience.com/ipcc-draft-leak-global-warming-n...

"Rawls has completely misrepresented the IPCC report."

I don't trust scientific documents being "leaked" - this isn't politics where leaking information does the public a service. This is science, where it's advantageous to wait until the data matures, not spill it immediately. When it's ready for publication and is done so through official, peer vetted channels, I'll consider it authentic.

So, actually, yes, I have kept up with my publications. Furthermore, the person who leaked that has a well known bias against climate change. Coupled with my earlier statement, this holds no scientific weight against what I cited.