More sloppy data used by IPCC. The information in question doesn’t directly affect the climate-change claims, but it DOES illustrate, yet another case of a shoddy and careless lack of scientific rigor in the collection and use of data.

U.N. climate panel admits Dutch sea level flaw

The U.N. panel of climate experts overstated how much of the Netherlands is below sea level, according to a preliminary report on Saturday, admitting yet another flaw after a row last month over Himalayan glacier melt.

A background note by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said a 2007 report wrongly stated that 55 percent of the country was below sea level since the figure included areas above sea level, prone to flooding along rivers.

Maybe someday the IPCC will reach the level of a competent H.S. science fair project. By recent evidence, they’ve still got a way to go.