Posted on 11/24/2009 7:08:41 PM PST by Pan_Yan
The scientist at the heart of the climate change scandal was under growing pressure to quit last night. George Monbiot, a leading environmentalist, said Phil Jones should resign from the Climatic Research Unit over leaked emails that appear to show researchers suppressed scientific data. More emails came to light yesterday, including one in which an American climatologist admitted it was a travesty that scientists could not explain a lack of global warming in recent years. In another note, UK researchers dismissed the work of scientists challenging global warming as 'crap'.
Another appeared to call for pressure on the BBC after a reporter suggested that evidence for rising temperatures since 2001 was thin. In one of the most damning messages, Professor Jones appeared to respond to the death of a climate sceptic with the words 'in an odd way this is cheering news!'. The leak has been a huge embarrassment to the climate unit at the University of East Anglia, which is a global leader in its field. Although there is no hint of evidence that climate change is not real, the emails appear to show researchers manipulating raw data and discussing how to dodge Freedom of Information requests. Yesterday, Mr Monbiot, who writes on green issues, said the emails could scarcely be more damaging.
'I am now convinced that they are genuine, and I'm dismayed and deeply shaken,' he said. 'There are some messages that require no spin to make them look bad. 'There appears to be evidence of attempts to prevent scientific data from being released, and even to destroy material that was subject to a Freedom of Information request.
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They call it "science", but it isn't. The utter lack of objectiveness, screams.
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Mann is an ambitious climber who hitched his wagon to the wrong horse. He seems to have left the university in Mass. to go to Penn State after having to make a rapid retreat from a position that his superior gave a mild hand slap for.
When he began his affiliation with Jones he was just an assistant associate professor.
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10/09/2009 10:26:50 PM PDT · by neverdem · 36 replies · 2,145+ views Competitive Enterprise Institute ^ | October 5, 2009 | Christine HallGovt-Funded Research Unit Destroyed Original Climate Data CEI Petitions EPA to Reopen Global Warming Rulemaking Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009âIn the wake of a revelation by a key research institution that it destroyed its original climate data, the Competitive Enterprise Institute petitioned EPA to reopen a major global warming proceeding. In mid-August the University of East AngliaÂs Climate Research Unit (CRU) disclosed that it had destroyed the raw data for its global surface temperature data set because of an alleged lack of storage space. The CRU data have been the basis for several of the major international studies that claim... |
Don’t rush to any conclusions. Whoever released the emails and data knew what they were looking at. There are rumblings out there that some of the files released contained the data that was supposedly destroyed. I’m waiting for the CEI and other anti-hoax groups to release their take on the full package.
LOL, I never need to comment around here. Someone always beats me to it!
Sheeesh most folks just burn it to a DVD or procure an external HD or tape drive.
What a fabulous FAIL!
Casper the Friendly Ghost killed CAGW.
Cowcatchers are being installed on Copenhagen busses.
George Monbiot, a leading environmentalist, said Phil Jones should resign from the Climatic Research Unit over leaked emails that appear to show researchers suppressed scientific data. More emails came to light yesterday, including one in which an American climatologist admitted it was a travesty that scientists could not explain a lack of global warming in recent years. In another note, UK researchers dismissed the work of scientists challenging global warming as 'crap'. Another appeared to call for pressure on the BBC after a reporter suggested that evidence for rising temperatures since 2001 was thin. In one of the most damning messages, Professor Jones appeared to respond to the death of a climate sceptic with the words 'in an odd way this is cheering news!'. The leak has been a huge embarrassment to the climate unit at the University of East Anglia, which is a global leader in its field.The entire program should be cancelled, every professor involved fired and blackballed, following a set of colonoscopy-like public hearings and grillings.
One would expect that it is grounds for firing a scientist for falsifying data, even one with tenure.
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Definitely! Departments of Interior, Energy, and Agriculture, too.
Of course, there isn't. I can see on the weather forecast for the region that a predicted low of 40 degrees tonight will be followed by a high of 61 tomorrow. What will our local polar bears do?
If that isn't global warming in effect, I don't know what's causing it.
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Oh boy,....
ROFL!
That’s a cute one, thanks for pinging.
Major damaged control going on.
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