Misunderstandings in "Failure in communicating an environmental issue regarding melting ice in the polar regions and change of sea level"

Jusen Asuka; Seiichiro Yamamoto; Shinichiro Asayama

doi:10.2320/jinstmet.74.61

Misunderstandings in "Failure in communicating an environmental issue regarding melting ice in the polar regions and change of sea level"

Jusen Asuka, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Shinichiro Asayama

CNEAS - Department of Basic Studies

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Abstract

Endo et al. says that the sea level will be lower due to the ice in the polar region, and refers to the IPCC (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) assessment reports as if these reports would have supported the notion. The referred sections of IPCC reports, however, describe the effects of "polar ice sheets" of Antarctica and Greenland combined, and not "ice in the polar region" as Endo et al. says. The misinterpretations of these terms also lead to their unfounded and untenable criticism on the "White Paper on the Environment" published by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-63
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals
Volume	74
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2320/jinstmet.74.61
Publication status	Published - 2010 Jan

Keywords

Antarctic
Arctic
Climate change
Environmental issue
Global warming
Inter-governmental Panel on climate change (IPCC)
Polar region
Sea level

UN SDGs

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Misunderstandings in "Failure in communicating an environmental issue regarding melting ice in the polar regions and change of sea level". / Asuka, Jusen; Yamamoto, Seiichiro; Asayama, Shinichiro.
In: Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi/Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals, Vol. 74, No. 1, 01.2010, p. 61-63.

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Misunderstandings in "Failure in communicating an environmental issue regarding melting ice in the polar regions and change of sea level"

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