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The IPCC on trial: experimentation continues Jul 21, 2010 1 comment

Since its inception in 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been a giant experiment in the creation of authoritative public knowledge, says Mike Hulme, while the recent furore about errors in its Fourth Assessment Report has parallels to Climategate

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