An upcoming meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) governing body will include discussions about whether or not to overhaul the way the IPCC produces its scientific reports. A Sept 4 article in The Guardian online newspaper reports that many of the IPCC's scientists have expressed concern about the efficacy of the current system of producing one massive report every six years or so on the causes and effects of global climate change. Not only is the amount of information in these reports overwhelming (for instance the most recent report to be released this month contains over 1200 graphs) but IPCC scientists are questioning whether the time and effort of those involved with the IPCC would be better spent studying regional climate conditions or specific issues and releasing smaller, more frequent reports that would be more useful for policy-making. One concern about this potential new strategy surrounds the IPCC's ability to organize its approximately 1300 scientists (who participate on a voluntary basis) to effectively work to produce more frequent reports.