95222741 Glaciologists caught falsifying data in the atlas
Glaciologists accused HarperCollins, the publisher of one of the most authoritative atlases of the world The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, a serious error. It is reported by Nature News. According to the temporal representations of the Earth is changing the landscape every few years (especially, for example, ice), so the maps are updated regularly. Atlas The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, which was launched in 1895, last updated in 1999. New 13th edition was published September 15, 2011. In an accompanying press release, the publisher HarperCollins reported that a total area of permanent ice sheets in Greenland dropped by 15 percent. This information came in the media. A few days later glaciologists announced that it is a mistake and in fact if the area of glaciers and reduced, then no more than 0.1 percent. It was noted that if a dramatic change occurred in the glaciers and then, perhaps, in their thickness. In this case, according to Nature News, the cause of the error could be next – the authors of the atlas used information of the National Data Center for Research of ice and snow in Colorado. Among the cards offered by the center, there is a contour on which the lines marked change in the thickness of the ice. In particular, they depicted the glaciers with a thickness of more than 500 meters. Researchers have suggested that employees used it HarperCollins this card to draw a glacier. In the evening on September 20 at the publisher's site has a new press release (the old, dated September 15, with removed) stating that an error has occurred not in the atlas, and in the accompanying press release. During this publisher apologizes, but stresses that the cards in the 13th edition of the faithful. According to glaciologists, a new scandal could adversely affect the public's attitude to research on climate change. In particular, we are talking about research related to global warming.
