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To: longz who wrote (1444612)	3/6/2024 11:33:49 PM
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Al Gore did not ‘predict’ ice caps melting by 2013 but misrepresented data \| Reuters Gore didn’t make this prediction himself but was citing findings from a climate researcher. He did, however, appear to misrepresent the data. “These figures are fresh,” Gore said on Dec. 14, 2009, during the COP15 climate change conference in Copenhagen ( here). He added: “Some of the models suggest to Dr [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap during some of the summer months could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years.” Gore cited findings from climatologist Dr Wieslav Maslowski, a research professor at the Naval Postgraduate School ( here). However, it appears he mis-stated the forecast, according to reporting at the time. In an interview with The Times published on Dec. 15, 2009 ( here), Dr Maslowski said: “It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at. I would never try to estimate likelihood at anything as exact as this.” According to the report, Gore’s office acknowledged after his speech that the 75% figure was used by Dr Maslowski as a “ballpark figure” in a conversation with the vice president several years before COP15. -- IIRC, the paper said 2016 +/- 3 years. Also, ice free means less than 1M sq km.