Uh Oh, Leading Climate Scientists Caught In Global Fudging Fraud
Corruption is apparently not confined to Wall Street or Washington, as hacked emails show it exists at the core of climate change science. The correlative factor is money, in this case research grants, science foundation funding, peer review -- not to mention trillions at stake in the global business of global warming. Should make for an interesting time in Copenhagen in December.
Whether or not the MSM chooses to pay attention, this is the biggest story of scientific fraud in modern times. Dr. Phil Jones is probably not having a good day as he and his colleagues have now been accused of the following:
Conspiracy, collusion in exaggerating warming data, possibly illegal destruction of embarrassing information, organised resistance to disclosure, manipulation of data, private admissions of flaws in their public claims and much more.
But perhaps the most damaging revelations – the scientific equivalent of the Telegraph’s MPs’ expenses scandal – are those concerning the way Warmist scientists may variously have manipulated or suppressed evidence and defied FOIA orders in order to support their cause.
There is so much to this story, just get started HERE and HERE. I've got 15 or so related links that i will put into the comments section. The text below from an anonymous commenter is the best I've seen in 4 hours of reading the variations of this story all over the interweb.
When it comes to the Global Warming theory we have been told that “There is a consensus.” That the “science is settled." That the “data is unequivocal.” That “5000 scientists peer reviewed.” That the “skeptics cannot be taken seriously because they don’t publish in peer review journals.” We are also told that science is objective and it is all about the search for the truth.
What we find through the emails is something completely different:
- That the data is being manipulated to support the theory (these are the people that generate the official global temperatures).
- That they will do anything to avoid scrutiny (“I’d rather destroy the data than to share it with them [skeptic scientists].
- That they will willfully destroy evidence even after requested to retrieve it by the freedom of information act.
- That they will collude on peer review publication selecting their own reviewers from their own team.
- That they will privately admit the weakness of their team’s research but will admit not fault in public – “the science is robust.”
- That they will viciously attack any researcher that publish research that does not conclude to confirm to their theory.
- That they will threaten magazines and editors that dare publish papers not conforming to their theories.
- That they will lead to resignation of boards of scientific journals.
- That their write their scientific reports with the aid of political organization to fit a specific message and agenda.
- That they falsify the number of scientists in the “consensus” to make an impressive case.
- That they are indoctrinated in propaganda techniques (search for “Rules of the Game.pdf”).
The emails portray a clear picture of the leading climatologists, the ones leading the IPCC report, using science as a tool to advance an agenda and to repress an dissenting opinions. The AGW theory is defended at all costs, even if it means that the data needs to be “fixed/fudged/falsified” in order to make their case. Again, these are the people who lead the IPCC assessment reports. The ones who claimed “consensus”. The people getting and distributing the bulk of the climate research grants. The top of the hierarchy in climate science.
At this point, I think everyone needs to stop and ask – how did this happen? How did they science got so tainted. How did it get to be so politicized? What can we trust and what should we discard and reset? And at this point we have no clue what is credible and what is not. At this point we really don’t know if AGW or any other climate theory is real or fiction.
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Michael Crichton predicted all of this on Charlie Rose a few years ago before his early passing.
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Nov 20, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Reader Comments (27)
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Puke on AGW! Puke on mercury-laced compact fluorescent light bulbs!
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - I did not have sexual relations with that woman...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI_SqqJIU14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIP_KDQmXs
When he claimed, “I didn’t have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky,” he was totally accurate. He was talking Southern. In the South, sex is when you put it in and pump away and there’s a danger of a baby. That’s “sexual relations.” Anything else is what we called in school “messing around.” And all Southern boys messed around.
"We're a nation that guarantees the freedom to worship as one chooses. And instead of claiming God for our side, we remember Lincoln's words, and always pray to be on the side of God." Barry Soetoro
Gobias says...Barry Soetoro, let me be clear, God is on our side! God is not on your side, you are a fraud and that is about the nicest thing I have to say to you.
it's a freaking bio-hazard if one of those actually breaks...
Your audience cares about the financial shenanigans. I really don't have the time to read the accusations tonight, but suffice it to say that the astonishing rate of depletion of 95% of the worlds glaciers and both polar ice caps indicate something is going on that is unprecedented and undeniable. No one should falsify any data, but the earth is obviously warming.
But, my point is that you might as well take a stand on abortion while you are at it, if you want to start pushing ALL of your own beliefs and then you can find the 30 people like you and GoBias and have a fine time. But, since I assume you are trying to expand your audience (why else would you constantly ask for help) you should consider staying on subject.
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I understand your point but these are financial shenanigans...and it's scandal and a pretty big story...nowhere did i deny that the earth has been in a long warming trend...that's not the point...the point was the corruption of scientists...and you know we cover corruption...
"depletion of 95% of the worlds glaciers and both polar ice caps indicate something is going on that is unprecedented and undeniable"
Undeniable yes, unprecedented no, what is being supressed is evidence of shorter cycles and a return to cooling. Why suppress the corruption of scientists? In fact, why would scientists suppress anything of fact?
There's an old rule of thumb here. When something based in emperical evidence is being hotly contested by two camps, follow the money. If global warming IS NOT a hoax, who get's rich from this? If it is ... Cap and Trade Derivatives. Goldman Sachs new commodity derivatives plaything.
http://letthemfail.us/archives/2920
http://letthemfail.us/archives/1184
Seems chilly around here to me.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/25/more-insight-on-thos.html
"1) Evidence of vast conspiracy is sorely lacking. Ditto evidence disproving the scientific consensus on climate change. This isn't the "nail in the coffin" of anything. However, the emails do prompt some legit questions about transparency and how professional researchers respond to criticism in the age of the armchair scientist.
In fact, the whole reason the CRU seems to have been hacked is that the Unit was fighting off requests for access to the data sets it used to put together its climate models. This is one of the issues that gets discussed in the e-mails. Basically, some of the CRU researchers didn't want to release the data to people who weren't trained scientists because they were tired of spending their time fighting with bloggers and wanted to focus on research. Which is great, except for two things: First, from what I'm reading it looks like there might have been some ethical lapses in how the researchers went about blocking the release of data; Second, when you block the release of data, no matter what your real reason is, people will assume it's because you're hiding something nefarious. One of the positive outcomes of this whole hacking debacle is that it's forcing some discussion about when circling the wagons becomes protectionism, and might lead to the climate change data sets becoming more open source. Frankly, I think that's a good thing.
2) Theft is bad. But if you're a researcher who can explain context to the general public, decrying theft shouldn't be your primary objective right now.
This goes back to the whole transparency issue. This would-be scandal ought to be a learning opportunity--a chance for scientists to educate the public on the evidence for climate change. And while there is plenty of that going on, there's also a lot of people making arguments like, "we shouldn't even be talking about the content of the emails because they are stolen property." Well, you're right, they are stolen property and, technically, should be left private. But you know what? Skeptics of climate change are using these emails, no matter what you think. If experts and researchers refuse to address them, it's just going to mean that the only narrative the public hears is the one that thinks the emails are proof of conspiracy. Not helpful.
3) The Mainstream Media is covering this. They just might not be covering it the way you want, and that's probably a good thing.
I've heard from several people who have asked me why MM isn't on top of this story, and read several complaints to that effect on blogs. It comes both from people who think the emails are proof of conspiracy, and those who think there's absolutely nothing wrong in the emails at all. But I've been reading great coverage in the New York Times and Washington Post (both the official publications and attached blogs), and elsewhere. In that light, I kind of interpret the complaints as, "The MM isn't saying what I want them to say." OK. That's good. Because the story is a bit more nuanced than either opposing position would have you believe and MM coverage is reflecting that. "
Lots o' links to wonky sciency types follow, if you're into that sort of braniac bulljive.
science should be pure..non-political...the last bation...open, transparent, all data revealed...
this was the oposite...that is why i'm so angry...
and honestly, do you think the warming is from man...i do not...
if we are warming, it's from something else...
there is a political agenda behind the warming movement that is sinister...it is not science....the data is all derivative...ice rings and tree cores...all to find a supposed .8 degreee rise in celsius temps over 150 years...
i know you to be a skeptic...this deserves your skepticism...
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