Thursday, July 08, 2010

'Conspiracy theories finally laid to rest' by report on leaked climate change emails















Scientists involved in last year's "climategate" leaked emails controversy, which added to scepticism about the science of global warming, were not open enough with their data and unhelpful with requests for information, an independent review of the affair found yesterday.

They and their institution, the University of East Anglia (UEA), did not embrace the "spirit of openness" enshrined in the Freedom of Information Act, according to a long-awaited report into their conduct carried out by a panel of senior academics.

However, the review found that the researchers concerned, led by the Director of UEA's world-renowned Climatic Research Unit (CRU), Professor Phil Jones, could not be faulted for their "rigour and honesty as scientists", and there was no evidence that they had behaved in a way that might undermine the conclusions of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

(from The Independent)

2 comments:

  1. Lets look forward to all those climate sceptics issuing a public aopology for pushing gossip as fact.

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  2. Noway days every thing going to be big controversy it may be climate change or some other things, up climate change i just say as a people of this earth we need to protect our planet to protect our self so their is no need of any controversy for this subject just every one need to work as a one team and reduce our green house elements as much as possible to protect our selfs and our up comming generations.

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