September 27, 2013

Live from Stockholm: Global Science Panel Releases Landmark Climate Report

Scientists warn of “unequivocal” climate change that is “unprecedented over decades to millennia.”

Thomas Stocker, a lead author of the IPCC report, got grilled by reporters in Stockholm today over the issue of the so-called warming "hiatus," which he dismissed as an "inappropriate" focal point.Tim McDonnell/Climate Desk

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Gerald Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, says the slowdown of surface warming seen in the last 15 years is unlikely to continue much longer. Tim McDonnell/Climate Desk

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