Monday, November 23, 2009

Climate Emails Stoke Debate

Hacked e-mails have raised questions on climate change data. Photo from The BBC

From The Wall Street Journal:

Scientists' Leaked Correspondence Illustrates Bitter Feud over Global Warming.

The scientific community is buzzing over thousands of emails and documents -- posted on the Internet last week after being hacked from a prominent climate-change research center -- that some say raise ethical questions about a group of scientists who contend humans are responsible for global warming.

The correspondence between dozens of climate-change researchers, including many in the U.S., illustrates bitter feelings among those who believe human activities cause global warming toward rivals who argue that the link between humans and climate change remains uncertain.

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