Brian wrote:

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*Ryan
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*No pun with current phenomena, but what you see on the IPCC web site is
*just the tip of the iceberg of the work they have done. Surely you don't
*want a web site that is hundreds of megabytes long with the full
*scientific data, modelling algorithms, methodology and all the rest of
*documents, which, in hard copy, weigh over 30 kg??? What is on the web
*site is only a summary of the essential data, destined for
*non-atmospheric-scientists. ...
*
*Best regards
*
*Brian
*

In a sense, I agree with Brian, it makes no sense to read just the Summary for
Policy makers. Read the Technical Summary,  from which the Summary for Policy
Makers was derived ( http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/wg1TARtechsum.pdf ) and if you were
skeptical about global warming after reading the Summary for Policy Makers you
will really be confused after reading the Technical Summary. As a single
example, on page 78 its says "The climate system is a coupled non-linear chaotic
systems, and therefore the long-term prediction of future exact climate states
is not possible."

But that is what IPCC tries to do anyway.

The technical summary is replete with uncertainties, qualifications and caveats.
I encourage everyone to read it.

Chuck Dolci