Posted on 11/28/2009 1:22:23 PM PST by Sub-Driver
University of East Anglia U-turn in climate change row Leading British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were accused of manipulating climate change data, have agreed to publish their figures in full.
By Robert Mendick Published: 8:55PM GMT 28 Nov 2009
David Holland is seeking prosecutions against some of Britain's most eminent academics for allegedly holding back information in breach of disclosure laws.
The U-turn by the university follows a week of controversy after the emergence of hundreds of leaked emails, "stolen" by hackers and published online, triggered claims that the academics had massaged statistics.
In a statement welcomed by climate change sceptics, the university said it would make all the data accessible as soon as possible, once its Climatic Research Unit (CRU) had negotiated its release from a range of non-publication agreements.
The publication will be carried out in collaboration with the Met Office Hadley Centre. The full data, when disclosed, is certain to be scrutinised by both sides in the fierce debate.
A grandfather with a training in electrical engineering dating back more than 40 years emerged from the leaked emails as a leading climate sceptic trying to bring down the scientific establishment on global warming.
David Holland, who describes himself as a David taking on the Goliath that is the prevailing scientific consensus, is seeking prosecutions against some of Britain's most eminent academics for allegedly holding back information in breach of disclosure laws.
Mr Holland, of Northampton, complained to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) last week after the leaked emails included several Freedom of Information requests he had submitted to the CRU, and scientists' private responses to them.
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Totally concur.
And I must say how happy I am for the whitleblower(s)...for surely s/he is absolutely relishing this half-a$$ed about-face
from the liars at Hadley, the MetOffice and other institutions regarding the release of raw data.
If I could swing it, I’d ship 2 sides of Kobe beef to this fine, upstanding individual.
I can see no reason to believe or trust these proven con-artists.
Probably, but if this university gets caught AGAIN trying to deceive, they are finished as a top-flight UK university.
These guys can always get jobs in zero’s administration. They’ll fit right in with the rest of the Maoists.
London Times via smalldeadanimals.com:
SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to show a long-term rise in temperature over the past 150 years.
The UEAs Climatic Research Unit (CRU) was forced to reveal the loss following requests for the data under Freedom of Information legislation. The data were gathered from weather stations around the world and then adjusted to take account of variables in the way they were collected. The revised figures were kept, but the originals stored on paper and magnetic tape were dumped to save space when the CRU moved to a new building."
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