Up to 40% of the Amazonian forests could react drastically to even a slight reduction in precipitation; this means that the tropical vegetation, hydrology and climate system in South America could change very rapidly to another steady state, not necessarily producing gradual changes between the current and the future situation (Rowell and Moore, 2000). |
James Delingpole resumiu a gigantesca trapalhada de forma concisa:
The IPCC made a false claim in its most recent assessment report, passing off the propaganda of environmental activists as peer-reviewed science. Instead of admitting the truth and retracting its false claim, the IPCC and its sympathisers went into entirely characteristic cover-up mode. Activist scientists like Daniel Nepstad obfuscated; other activist scientists like Dr Simon Lewis of Leeds University exploited the ignorance and pro-Warmist bias of the Press Complaints Commission to bully an entirely unnecessary retraction of a true story on the subject by the Sunday Times; activist journalists like George Monbiot then boasted that they had been vindicated – a claim that was excitedly repeated throughout the ecotard blogosphere and among ecotard cheerleaders like the BBC. All of this energy in defence of a great, stinking lie. |
Como se pode ver, as teias urdidas por organizações ambientalistas, como é o caso nomeadamente da WWF neste exemplo, são propagadas por outros cientistas, acabando por ser aceites como religião pelo IPCC! Durante o fim de semana, Christopher Booker fez um relato mais significativo, enquanto Richard North dá uma visão complementar no seu blog. Em qualquer um dos casos, dá para perceber que o que está nos relatórios do IPCC não pode ser, definitivamente, levado a sério...
Actualização: Reacção de alguém da WWF quando confrontado com a notícia: "essentially tried to tell me that this is all too complex for my pretty little head"