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Nature 390, 649 (18 December 1997) | doi:10.1038/37689

Battling for science takes its toll on UN climate panel stalwarts

Ehsan Masood

A leading climate scientist is to leave the United Nations' expert panel, and a second is considering his future with the body. Both had been at the centre of attempts last year by US energy lobbyists to discredit the panel's conclusion that human activities are warming the planet.