Posts Under ‘climategate’ Category

Nature's Verdict

The current issue of Nature carries an editorial on the CRU email controversy. Here’s one passage that I agree with: Nothing in the e-mails undermines the scientific case that global warming is real “” or that human activities are almost certainly the cause. That case is supported by multiple, robust lines of evidence, including several…Continue Reading…

The Upside to Climategate

The most immediate one is the vigorous debate Climategate has engendered between individuals of all political, ideological, and scientific stripes. Judith Curry from the Georgia Institute of Technology deserves much of the credit for kickstarting this, first in speaking directly to Steven McIntyre’s audience at Climate Audit, and then shortly after that with another essay…Continue Reading…