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Nederland

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16. They under estimate some things and over estimate others.

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #15)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 10:43 AM

Jul 2012

They under estimated sea ice loss, over estimated temperature rise, under estimated CO2 rise, and both over and under estimated sea level rise depending on which IPCC report you are looking at.

In other words, they suck.

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