claim: "In 1999 New Scientist reported a comment by the leading Indian glaciologist Syed Hasnain, who said in an email interview with this author that all the glaciers in the central and eastern Himalayas could disappear by 2035.
evidences.evidence_id: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report:34
evidences.article: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
evidences.evidence: This was a March 2005 World Wildlife Fund Nepal Program report, page 29: In 1999, a report by the Working Group on Himalayan Glaciology (WGHG) of the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI) stated: “glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the livelihood [sic] of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high”.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report:35
evidences.article: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
evidences.evidence: — WWF p. 29 On page 2, the WWF report cited an article in the 5 June 1999 issue of New Scientist which quoted Syed Hasnain, Chairman of the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI), saying that most of the glaciers in the Himalayan region "will vanish within 40 years as a result of global warming".
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report:36
evidences.article: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
evidences.evidence: That article was based on an email interview, and says that "Hasnain's four-year study indicates that all the glaciers in the central and eastern Himalayas could disappear by 2035 at their present rate of decline."
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report:48
evidences.article: Criticism of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
evidences.evidence: New Scientist has drawn attention to Hasnain's claim about the timing of glaciers disappearing: "Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high," says the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI) in its recent study on Asian glaciers.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Ganges:462
evidences.article: Ganges
evidences.evidence: They, in turn, drew their information from an interview conducted by New Scientist with Dr. Hasnain, an Indian glaciologist, who admitted that the view was speculative.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS