A RETRACTION of controversial claims about climate change does not appear to have saved leading British conservationist David Bellamy from the imminent loss of two prestigious posts.
Bellamy, 72, whose TV career and relentless campaigning to protect wild habitats have made him an influential figure, recently said that the science of man-made climate change was “poppycock”. And in a letter to Â鶹´«Ã½ (16 April, p 28) he claimed that most glaciers are advancing rather than retreating.
He has since admitted that his figures on glaciers were plain wrong, and announced in a letter to The Sunay Times on…
