U.N. Panel’s Himalayan Glacier Meltdown Claims Erroneous

A U.N. claim that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 as a result of global warming has been retracted.
U.N. Panel’s Himalayan Glacier Meltdown Claims Erroneous
IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri at a press conference in New Delhi on Jan. 23. Pachauri told reporters that a doomsday prediction about the fate of Himalayan glaciers was 'a regrettable error.' Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
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IPCC chair Rajendra Pachauri at a press conference in New Delhi on Jan. 23. Pachauri told reporters that a doomsday prediction about the fate of Himalayan glaciers was 'a regrettable error.' (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
Joan Delaney is Senior Editor of the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times based in Toronto. She has been with The Epoch Times in various roles since 2004.