"You wouldn't accept that at a grade 9 science fair…" – CBC finds a moment of clarity on Climategate
Wow, just wow. What an editorial. The CBC’s Rex Murphy on Climategate. h/t to WUWT reader David Davidovics Advertisements
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Some posts of interest
So much is being written about Climategate and the fallout from it, it is tough to cover it all. Here I’m just going to point out a coupe of posts by Harold Ambler at Talking About The Weather that may interest WUWT readers. He’s spent a lot of time on them, give him some traffic,…
If I had a subscription to Nature, I'd cancel it
It is really too bad that I don’t have a subscription. I’m a bit late to commenting on this editorial that appeared in Nature magazine yesterday, but I feel it is important to say a few things about it, even though many WUWT readers have probably already seen the editorial. 1. For a scientific journal…
ClimateGate: So, where's the "Oh, Snap!" email?
Guest post by Christopher Horner, Planet Gore at National Review Online One thing about “ClimateGate” nagging at the back of my mind is the absence of any discussion by ringleader Phil Jones (or others) of the remarkable, shocking discovery that Jones now claims he had that his precedessor destroyed the raw data in the 1980s. That is the…
Gore cancels on Copenhagen lecture – leaves ticketholders in a lurch
It seems the uncertainty about Copenhagen is growing. When Al baby pulls the plug, you know it’s hosed. From Berlingske: Al Gore cancels lecture during COP15 Former U.S. vice president has canceled his event, more than 3,000 Danes have purchased a ticket. Photo: JOSE MENDEZ Looks like they will get a refund though. Might be…
Mann throws Jones under the bus
It has started – the infighting begins in the court of public opinion. Climategate: Phil Jones accused of making error of judgment by colleague Here’s an excerpt: One of the scientists to whom the emails were addressed, Professor Michael Mann, the Director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University has moved to…
Climategate external review chair picked
from the BBC Sir Muir Russell will head an independent review into the e-mails leaked from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) in Norwich, UK. Sir Muir, a former civil servant, will look into allegations that have arisen from the security breach. [As a measure of how out of touch UEA is, they apparently have little…
Climate Science's PR disaster
From Steve McIntyre’s hometown newspaper: Academic spats, name-calling, data-massaging and cozy peer review by friends are not exactly rare in the world of science. You’ll find them anywhere that careers, reputations and resources are on the line. The difference is we are not usually asked to wager billions on the findings. Given the stakes, it’s…