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Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Rajendra Pachauri speaks at a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) at UN headquarters in New York Wednesday. The United Nations announced that it would finance an independent review of the IPCC, which faces accusations of scientific misinformation and potential financial conflicts of interest. (NEWSCOM)
4:08 pm ET -Top international scientists will take part in an independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its reports on global warming, which have been widely criticized recently for inaccuracies.
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America's national parks face challenges
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Greenland's Helheim glacier: a melting mystery
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Warmer Alaska winters let geese skip trip south
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Research finds higher acidity in Alaska waters
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Our best guess about global warming may be wrong
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Old photos show that Teton glaciers are shrinking
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Study says global warming shrinks birds
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