Feb
Climategate inquiry under way
A panel of independent experts has officially begun its inquiry into the “Climategate” affair. The above video is a BBC television report on the investigation.
Following is an excerpt from the BBC’s article on their website:
The experts, headed by Sir Muir Russell, will investigate how e-mails from the UK’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) appeared on the web.
They will also consider if the e-mail exchanges between researchers show an attempt to manipulate or suppress data “at odds” with scientific practice.
But even before the panel could start work, one of its members resigned.
Dr Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief for Nature journal, stood down late on Thursday because of remarks he had made last year in the Chinese media in which he said the scientists mentioned in the e-mails had “behaved as researchers should”.
“I made the remarks in good faith on the basis of media reports of the leaks. As I have made clear subsequently, I support the need to for a full review of the facts behind the leaked e-mails,” he said in a statement.
“There must be nothing that calls into question the ability of the independent Review to complete this task, and therefore I have decided to withdraw from the team.”
Sir Muir said he understood why Dr Campbell had withdrawn. “I regret the loss of his expertise, but I respect his decision,” he said.
Sir Muir’s panel hopes to present “preliminary conclusions by spring 2010″.
Read the rest of the story here.
Let’s not forget how the university-funded investigation of Michael Mann at Penn State turned out.
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Sheer BS right out of the gate. Just including someone as up to his eyeballs as Campbell shows the fix is in. If, and I doubt if they do want an honest and open review they must include a leading skeptic. I assume UEA is completely or mostly funded by taxpayers. They should not get to call their own tune on this anymore than PSU. We need pressure on the purse-strings from political types to get this right. These wankers have got nerve but it won’t hold.
Campbell has left the building.
‘Climate-gate’ review member Philip Campbell resigns
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/aposclimategateapos+review+member+withdraws/3536642
“Within hours of the launch of an independent panel to investigate claims that climate scientists covered up flawed data on temperature rises, one member has been forced to resign after sceptics questioned his impartiality.
In an interview last year with Chinese State Radio, enquiry panel member Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of Nature said: “The scientists have not hidden the data. If you look at the emails there is one or two bits of language that are jargon used between professionals that suggest something to outsiders that is wrong.”
How weirding is that?
Meanwhile, courageous students at Penn State University call for an independent and external investigation of Michael Mann and Climategate in order to reach a credible conclusion.
http://psu.campusreform.org/group/events/2010-02-08/rally-for-academic-integrity
To his credit, though, Campbell did refer to the CRU emails as “leaked” and not the more common “stolen”.
“on the basis of media reports of the leaks”
Really, such naivete.
Check how the whitewashing is getting on here:-
http://www.cce-review.org/
The official website of the inquiry.
Note: this inquiry is only looking at procedures at CRU
not the actual science.
Sir Muir is the perfect bureaucrat for whitewash. Polite in his manners, a calm in his voice and he knows how to handle the investigation so that the result will be: There have been some unimpotant mistakes in handling the FOI-requests but the Science of CRU fullfil the highest standards.
Just look who’s replacing Campbell !!
Must Read…
http://www.thegwpf.org/opinion-pros-a-cons/529-russell-panel-needs-complete-overhaul.html
[...] Climategate inquiry under way [...]
—–> Its A SCAM <—— …….. We in the U.K Know' (as its been on the news) ….THE U.E.A are funding the INQUIRY.
What 'independence' ,they're your EMPLOYERS! ….Dont be fooled!
foul play prt III
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2010/02/head_of_climategate_inquiry_de.html