'Climate-gate' review member resigns - Channel 4 News

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."

Flashback: Exclusive Interview with Dr. Philip Campbell

Dr Philip Campbell is the Editor-in-Chief of Nature, the world prominent scientific journal. He takes direct editorial responsibility for the content of Nature's editorials, especially on the current hot topic—climate change. As the Copenhagen climate summit is scheduled to be held in a few days’ time, our reporter Wang Wenwen talked with him on this issue.

Flashback: Climatologists under pressure : Article : Nature editorial, Dec 3, 2000

A fair reading of the e-mails reveals nothing to support the denialists' conspiracy theories.