Friday, July 16th, 2010

Of Email, Data, Graphs and Climate

Global temperature trends. National Climatic Data Center's Climate Services Division.

Two investigations have cleared researchers at a climate research institute of wrongdoing after questions were raised about comments made in email exchanges between the scientists. The controversy began when a trove of email messages were leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit. Critics of the climate researchers said that the messages showed evidence of scientific misconduct and conspiracy, while supporters of the research claimed that the controversy was being manufactured in an attempt to distract attention from the problems of global climate change. We'll take a look at the dispute, and the current sate of climate research.