Georg Hoffmann
Nov 03, 2009 at 09:51
Thank you for your answer. I don't know then if it is worth to mention (might be even in the article) that is was in fact a lapsus by Mr Gore.
If you need a confirmation for this I can give you the e-mail address of someone in Mr. Gore's staff. He wanted to say "summer" but ... things happen.
Georg Hoffmann
Nov 03, 2009 at 01:56
I double checked with someone of Al Gore's staff. They confirm what I said above, i.e. that only summer ice makes sense and they continue to claim that this is what he really said, i.e. summer ice. Could you please (I know, a bit repetitive) check on tape again, and that it is really Arctic winter sea ice he is talking about. Thanks.
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Yes, we checked the tape. This is exactly what Mr Gore said.
Georg Hoffmann
Nov 01, 2009 at 16:44
Thank you for your answer. In this case "winter month" is of course completely wrong and I assume a lapsus. If anything one could expect disappearance in summer month, most scientists think that this will be in 60-70 years.
Another question (sorry to be so nitpicking): Did Gore say Melting of Greenland AND Westantarctica made 6-7 Meter? Best estimate would give rather the double of this number.
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