Sunday, December 13, 2009

Climategate?

From what I've read on the matter, it looks like only about 4 or 5 emails out of nearly a thousand got the denial lobby all worked up. Of these, only one appeared to give genuine cause for concern (the others having, at least for now, plausible explanations). That one was about a request to delete emails. It looks like, as it turns out, the request was not actioned (as the existence of the email will attest) and other potential dubious actions turned out to cause no information to be hidden (like the apparent attempt to keep a couple of papers out of the IPCC report, which weren't left out).

So, all in all, it's looking like a storm in a teacup (though the outcomes of those inquiries could alter than interim conclusion), except for there being a case for Chris Jones to resign.

It's unfortunate that even some who claim not to deny AGW have jumped on board to claim this might show that the climate science isn't settled.

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