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Feedback on the work of McIntyre and McKitrick

Frankfurter Allgemeine

Mar 19, 2005 – 6:52 AM

The coverage of the hockey-stick story continues in Germany.

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BBC on "Hockey Stick Row"

Mar 18, 2005 – 8:31 AM

Thanks to a couple of readers, who’ve pointed out both a discussion of the "Hockey Stick Row" and its inclusion as a question fo the week. The question of the week was here A row erupted this week over the so-called "hockey stick graph". What does this graph purport to show? A: The bending of […]

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Margaret Wente in The Globe and Mail, Toronto

Mar 15, 2005 – 6:32 PM

Margaret Wente, one of my favorite columnists, had a column today leading with the words "Steve McIntyre… "

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von Storch: How Global Warming Research is Creating a Climate of Fear

Mar 15, 2005 – 11:24 AM

One of our correspondents has brought my attention to another article (Jan 24, 2005 link ) by Hans von Storch on the current state of climate science and the political climate of “Global Warming”. How Global Warming Research is Creating a Climate of Fear By Hans von Storch and Nico Stehr The polar ice caps […]

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Cubasch in Das Erste

Mar 13, 2005 – 1:33 PM

There is an article in Das Erste in which the view that the “two Canadians were right” is attributed to Cubasch. On Feb. 16, 2005, Das Erste (archive) included the following comment (translation courtesy of Joseph Potts): He [Cubasch] discussed with his coworkers – and many of his professional colleagues – the objections, and sought […]

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MM05 Chosen as a GRL Journal Highlight

Mar 11, 2005 – 8:33 AM

Our GRL article has been selected by AGU as a Journal Highlight.

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Cubasch #2 and Replication #12

Mar 4, 2005 – 4:28 PM

Bernd StràƒÆ’à‚⵨er commented that Cubasch told a German radio station about incorrectly located series in MBH98. Does this sound familiar?

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German Translation of Marcel Crok's Article With New Comments

Mar 4, 2005 – 12:51 PM

Marcel Crok’s article on us from Natuurwetenschap & Techniek, available here in English translation, has now been translated into German by Technology Review here. It includes comments by Cubasch, von Storch, Mann, Latif and an interview with Stefan Rahmsdorff. I’ve posted up Benny Peiser’s translation of Cubasch’s comments and will post up Peiser’s translation of […]

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Cubasch on MBH "Can of Worms"

Mar 4, 2005 – 12:07 PM

Ulrich Cubasch is Professor of Meteorology at the Free University in Berlin and a co-author of the 2007 IPCC Report. He reports that they are currently working on replicating Mann’s work and that his Ph.D. student "promptly found a can of worms".

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Mann on Source Code

Feb 27, 2005 – 7:24 AM

Mann told Antonio Regalado of the Wall Street Journal that he would not be “intimidated” into releasing source code for MBH98. Here is an account of correspondence with Mann and with the U.S. National Science Foundation: Even before publication of MM03, we politely requested clarification on issues in MBH98. This was a source of controversy […]

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