- 著者
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明日香 壽川
山本 政一郎
朝山 慎一郎
- 出版者
- 公益社団法人 日本金属学会
- 雑誌
- 日本金属学会誌 (ISSN:00214876)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.74, no.1, pp.61-63, 2010
Endo <i>et al</i>. 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 <i>et al</i>. 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.<br>