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Global warming controversy.

Can we predict effects of climate change with accuracy? by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Recently all the newspaper of world was heated up with the discussions about the so called glaciers melting of Himalayas by 2035, from IPCC. Other prediction was about Amazon rain forests. The IPCC maintained that there would be a huge depletion in Amazon rain forests because of lack of precipitation. There are many more predictions given by IPCC which I think that they are over exaggerated and could not be believed. Regarding glaciers melting by 2035, it is now being defended as a minor error (it was originally meant to be 2350, some have clarified). The global warming controversy is a dispute regarding the nature, causes, and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues include the causes of increased global average air temperature, especially since the mid-20th century, whether this warming trend is unprecedented or within normal climatic variations, whether humankind has contributed significant...