Huge tabular icebergs, calved from the ice shelf in the Southern Ocean's Weddell Sea
Mike Vecchione/NOAA
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment Report
News story originally written on February 1, 2007
The
4th Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is scheduled to be released on February 2, 2007 in Paris, France. The IPCC has been established to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. This summary will provide information on recent progress made in
understanding and attributing climate change, what
observations tell us, how climate has
changed in the past, and projections of future changes.
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