Source Scientist Busts Al Gore for 'Embarrassing Error' About Arctic Ice

The Times: The climatologist whose work Mr Gore was relying upon dropped the former Vice-President in the water with an icy blast.





“It’s unclear to me how this figure was arrived at,” Dr Maslowski said. “I would never try to estimate likelihood at anything as exact as this.”





Mr Gore’s office later admitted that the 75 per cent figure was one used by Dr Maslowksi as a “ballpark figure” several years ago in a conversation with Mr Gore.