23.jan.07
Globe and Mail
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The first phase of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is being released in Paris next week and the report, written by more than 600 scientists and reviewed by another 600 experts and edited by bureaucrats from 154 countries, will conclude that human-caused global warming is here sand is destined to get much worse.
Co- chair Susan Solomon, a senior scientist for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, was quoted as saying the report includes "a significantly expanded discussion of observation on the climate," and will feature an "explosion of new data" on observations of current global warming.
Dr. Solomon and others wouldn't go into specifics, but said the 12-page summary for policy makers will be released to the public Feb. 2.
The full report will be issued in four phases over the year.