IPCC synthesis report confirms global warming is a force to be reckoned with 7

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   Delay And Deny Posted 2:45 pm
   17 Nov 2007

   Propogation of Error
   
   has synthesized three previous reports into one 70-page summary document and a 20-page summary of that summary
   So, therefore, any error in the initial reports is magnified that much more.

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   wendypenner Posted 8:52 pm
   17 Nov 2007

   Media blackout on climate change?Can someone please explain to me why there is no extensive coverage in the media of the UN report? It's almost a complete miss in the press. I also noticed virtually no mainstream media coverage of Powershift which I find shocking.
   If you've read any good coverage please post the links. I'd love to know who is publishing it.

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   mspelto Posted 9:39 am
   18 Nov 2007

   BBC CoverageYou have merely to read the first few pages of the summary report and examine the charts contained to see the significance.  The BBC has the most reporting I have seen.  A sobering report indeed.

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   Pathos Posted 12:55 pm
   18 Nov 2007

   Wendy,I'm afraid your question reveals a very dark and haunting truth about you:  You live in America.
   American news sucks.  It's not biased, so much as it is useless and full of irrelevant bull$#!!.
   I know, because I live in America, too.  :)
   Mspelto (M. Spelto? Ms. Pelto? Misspelt-o?) is right; go with BBC.  I won't say they'll tell you everything you need to know, but they do cover everything that's news.

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   Andrew Dessler Posted 1:41 pm
   18 Nov 2007

   IPCC needs to hire a media specialistOne big problem w/ the IPCC is that they have released their AR/4 reports on Friday or Saturday.  These are the absolute worst times to release news if you want to get coverage.  I cannot figure out why they continue to shoot themselves in the foot by doing this.
   
   

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   wendypenner Posted 11:55 pm
   18 Nov 2007

   YesI agree with all but Andrew makes a great point. Why oh why did they release the report for the Satuday news cycle?  Still-hard to imagine it didn't seem to be the lead story almost anywhere (Friday's NYTimes is an exception-but nothing on the front page Saturday or Sunday).
   I keep trying to imagine what sort of staged media event about climate change could ever attract the attention of the "cop kills wife" or "britney's acting looney" news. Maybe if we could get people to have group sex in their Priuses at a Hummer dealership would get some attention?  How about a solar powered sex toys? Ideas anyone?

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   trock Posted 1:13 am
   19 Nov 2007

   ideas, sure lots of ideasIdeas, but would any of them get the information across that we need to get across.  
   This is only a summary of the other 3 reports, so has already been reported.  And the other 3 reports were in the summer, when it was hotter.  We had cool breezes around here this week.  
   global warming is just not funny enough.  to much like work.

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