The Guardian reviews the various theories on FOIA2009.zip, closing with what must be the absolute worst nightmare scenario for UEA. After observing that “so far, the police investigation has got nowhere.”, they state: It is not even clear whether the crime of computer data interception has actually occurred. They describe a scenario in which no […]
Ralph Cicerone, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, has weighed in on the CRU and data sharing controversies – he’s now in favor of data sharing. While it’s nice that he’s seen the light, he has previously (in best Sir Humphrey style) manipulated the NAS panel terms of reference to avoid having to […]
IPCC AR4 reported: The Netherlands is an example of a country highly susceptible to both sea-level rise and river flooding because 55% of its territory is below sea level where 60% of its population lives and 65% of its Gross National Product (GNP) is produced. Dutch newspaper Vrij Nederland reported today (Google translation): In its […]
Anthony and Jeff Id have both covered climatequotes observation that IPCC WG2 (section 15.7.2 Economic activity and sustainability in the Antarctic) cited a guide for cleaning boots: IAATO, 2005: Update on boot and clothing decontamination guidelines and the introduction and detection of diseases in Antarctic wildlife: IAATO’s perspective. Paper submitted by the International Association of […]
It’s hard to keep up with the explosion of stories on Climategate, Pachauri and similar stories now that coverage has expanded outside the climate blogs. I’m going to insert links into comments, either with no commentary or less than a dozen words or so about the content – no editorializing or comment. Please feel free […]
The UK Met Office has updated their CRUTEM webpage, providing a list of countries that have thus far responded with release permissions. CRU is now pretty much redundant in CRUTEM, with the Met Office having stepped in to do the things that CRU should have done long ago. This is a transfer of responsibility that […]
Put this in the column: you knew it was coming… Watts Up With That: NWF’s winter weather wackiness As Steve outlined in the WWF and the EPA Endangerment Finding, the IPCC relied upon the World Wildlife Fund’s production of non-peer-reviewed literature as a climate science authority. Anthony reports on the IPCC being riddled with WWF […]
Pielke Jr responds to the IPCC statement responding to Jonathan Leake’s Sunday Times article. Here. Roger described IPCC claims of balance on the issue in dispute as follows: The only balance that was achieved was between misrepresentation and error. Take a look.
Continued from here. Lots of coverage in today’s English press about glaciers. David Rose in the Daily Mail here. Among other points, he reports that Georg Kaser says that he notified WG2 Lead Author Lal of the error several months prior to publication. Lal denied receiving the letter. Last week, Professor Georg Kaser, a glacier […]
Anthony and I are on the same page today. See Anthony here. Many CA readers have followed Richard North‘s recent blog posts on Pachauri, whose recent travails have been also covered by Bishop Hill, Pielke Jr., James Delingpole , Andrew Bolt, to name but a few. Pachauri’s travails were prominent in an excellent Times feature […]
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