Al Gore will not be happy. A new Gallup survey shows that 48% of Americans' now say the seriousness of global warming is "generally exaggerated." That result is the highest ever recorded by Gallup; a seven point rise in last the last year and a 17-point jump since they began asking the question in 1998.

In related news, the United Nations announced yesterday that they have selected the  InterAcademy Council (IAC), an Amsterdam-based organization made up of 15 presidents of leading science academies from around the world, to conduct a "comprehensive, independent review of the IPCC's procedures and processes."

Apparently, however, the group will not go back and review errors from past reports that have caused such an uproar but will focus on recommendations to improve future reports from the IPCC.

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