Saturday, January 23, 2010
Quote Of the Day - 24th Jan 2010
“Life has taught me that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction” - Asam Bangia's Blog
Pachauri admits mistake in IPCC report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman R.K. Pachauri on Saturday termed the findings in its report about melting of Himalayan glaciers as a “human error”, but ruled out his resignation on the issue.
Mr. Pachauri, who is under attack from various quarters over the IPCC’s 2007 report that said the glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035 due to global warming, said the mistake was “unfortunate.”
“I have no intention to of resigning from my position. I have a task. I am going to complete the Fifth Assessment Report,” he told reporters here.
Mr. Pachauri said the IPCC is a body of hundreds of eminent scientists selected and nominated by different governments.
“There are huge problems on climate change. Climate change is not limited to Himalayan glaciers. Rational people will continue to repose faith in IPCC,” he said.
The IPCC chief said the Fourth Assessment Report of the Panel was a “robust report” but the error with regard to the conclusion on Himalayan glaciers was “unfortunate.”
“This was a human error. We will do everything to see that such mistakes are not repeated,” he said.
Mr. Pachauri said the IPCC will not take action against any of the authors of the report.
“We have no right to take any action against any author. They are not employees of IPCC,” he said.
The IPCC is under fire for having included in its 2007 report — without proper peer review — an assertion that glaciers in the Himalayas will disappear by 2035 due to global warming. It had retracted the statement just three days back.
Researcher Murari Lal was in-charge of editing the chapter on glaciers in the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC and had based the controversial finding on a media interview of glaciologist S.I. Hasnain.
Mr. Pachauri said IPCC is utilising the Noble Peace Prize money for starting a cadre of scientists in different developing countries who would assess the problem of climate change in their respective regions.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Energy efficiency for the enterprise - Reducing energy costs and environmental impact
Conquer your energy challenges.
In data centers around the world, energy costs are rising
rapidly and consuming an ever-greater portion of IT
budgets. Here’s a sign of just how bad it is getting: It will
soon cost more to power and cool a server over its
lifetime than it does to buy the server.
Everywhere we look, IT facilities are running out of cooling
capacity and power. With multiplying numbers of
servers, higher densities and hotter processors, data
centers are hitting a wall. Even though racks are half
empty, many IT operators cannot add another server
into their environment. Air conditioning systems are
maxed out and power distribution infrastructure is
completely utilized.
Read More -->> http://data.ndtv.com/ndtvsme/pdfs/Energy%20efficiency%20for%20the%20enterprise.pdf
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