U.N. climate panel admits Dutch sea level flaw
Submitted by climatechange on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 13:29
Foolowing a row last month over Himalayan glacier melt, U.N. panel of climate experts admitted to a overstatement on how much of the Netherlands is below sea level. A background note by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said a 2007 report wrongly stated that 55 percent of the country was below sea level since the figure included areas above sea level, prone to flooding along rivers.
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