Dr Kaser read the chapter after it was reviewed but before it was published.

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One is why Dr Kaser, or some other glaciologist, did not see the chapter earlier on.

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The other question is why, when alerted by Dr Kaser, the IPCC did nothing.

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Georg Kaser, a glaciologist at the University of Innsbruck, explains that a timescale of centuries, not decades, is far more plausible for the Himalaya.

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"One thing that changed last summer was this idea that Europe was going to do whatever it took to support the financial system, " Mr. Kaser said.

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To melt a glacier at an altitude above 6, 000 metres, where many of the Himalayan glaciers are found, requires a lot more warming than can be expected by 2035 a point made forcefully in a letter to Science by Dr Kaser and others, published this week.

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