Zemp, who leads the WGMS, said the team's observations and recent modelling studies suggest that glacier melt this century will be faster than projected in the most recent assessment by United Nations IPCC climate experts.

Because the IPCC is a disinformation campaign owned by the fossil fuel planet killers.

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago

Climate estimations have been systematically optimistic, because we still don't fully understand all feedback loops and factors. The IPCC needs to play ball on some more political topics, but overall they have been ringing the alarm bell for so long.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Source?