Re: [Paddlewise] Following the money, Exxon Exposed

   When it comes to data analysis, I believe the University of East Anglia
is number one, followed closely by the University of West Anglia and the
University of Central Anglia. However, their football teams are terrible,
and none are in the top 25.

   Brad

Quoting Steve Cramer <cramersec_at_charter.net>:

> Mark Sanders wrote:
>> Despite our positions, I don't think Mike or I want to ignore the  
>> data, but the point may be moot according to this from the
>> TimesOnlineUK:
>> "SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted  
>> throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their  
>> predictions of global warming are based."
>>
>> Seems the scientists decided for us that the data was irrelevant!
>
> OK, you win. You found ONE sentence in a mass market news source  
> that MAY cast some doubt on literally thousands of peer-reviewed  
> climate studies.
>
> And when were these data "thrown away?" Look it up. It wasn't in  
> response to the deniers.
>
> Meanwhile, let's ask the University of East Anglia:
>
> "The publication of a selection of the emails and data stolen from  
> the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has led to some questioning of the  
> climate science research published by CRU and others. There is  
> nothing in the stolen material which indicates that peer-reviewed  
> publications by CRU, and others, on the nature of global warming and  
> related climate change are not of the highest-quality of scientific  
> investigation and interpretation. CRUs peer-reviewed publications  
> are consistent with, and have contributed to, the overwhelming  
> scientific consensus that the climate is being strongly influenced  
> by human activity. The interactions of the atmosphere, oceans, land,  
> and ice mean that the strongly-increasing concentrations of  
> greenhouse gases in the atmosphere do not produce a uniform  
> year-on-year increase in global temperature. On time-scales of 5-10  
> years, however, there is a broad scientific consensus that the Earth  
> will continue to warm, with attendant changes in the climate, for  
> the foreseeable future. It is important, for all countries, that  
> this warming is slowed down, through substantial reductions in  
> greenhouse gas emissions to reduce the most dangerous impacts of  
> climate change. Respected international research groups, using other  
> data sets, have come to the same conclusion.
>
> The University of East Anglia and CRU are committed to scientific  
> integrity, open debate and enhancing understanding. This includes a  
> commitment to the international peer-review system upon which  
> progress in science relies. It is this tried and tested system which  
> has underpinned the assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on  
> Climate Change. It is through that process that we can engage in  
> respectful and informed debate with scientists whose analyses appear  
> not to be consistent with the current overwhelming consensus on  
> climate change
>
> The publication of a selection of stolen data is the latest example  
> of a sustained and, in some instances, a vexatious campaign which  
> may have been designed to distract from reasoned debate about the  
> nature of the urgent action which world governments must consider to  
> mitigate, and adapt to, climate change. We are committed to  
> furthering this debate despite being faced with difficult  
> circumstances related to a criminal breach of our security systems  
> and our concern to protect colleagues from the more extreme  
> behaviour of some who have responded in irrational and unpleasant  
> ways to the publication of personal information.
>
> Statement from Professor Phil Jones, Head of the Climatic Research  
> Unit, University of East Anglia."
>
> Steve
> -- 
> Steve Cramer
> Athens, GA
> http://www.savvypaddler.com
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