William M. Briggs, Statistician » Something To Be Thankful For: Climategate 2.0

It has always been my contention that the amount of over-certainty in climatology matches that found at any freshmen dorm room political discussion. These emails corroborate my hypothesis in spades (p < 0.05).

THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: Climategate 2.0 email: 'No one can really forecast weather, much less climate, at this point'

From the Climategate 2.0 archive (1759.txt), an email from California State University Monterey Bay faculty member Gary Sharp argues "warm has always been better than cold for humanity," controlling 'greenhouse' gases is not an appropriate focus of science, and hurricanes are less frequent with warming. Professor Sharp states, "no one can really forecast weather, much less climate, at this point."

Cracking the remaining FOIA2011 all.7z file | Watts Up With That?

But supposing he then sent the passphrase to Phil Jones and M Mann with a threat; Resign now, get the hell out, otherwise this passphrase goes online to the general public. That is a strategy that might push FOIA’s enemies out without completely disgracing the “scientific community”

Just another way of looking at what might motivate FOIA.

Kenneth Trenberth on Nobel and religion at Christmas | Watts Up With That?

Temperatures and greenhouse gas are racing up neck and neck,

Soon the whole Earth will be hotter than heck.

Nobel, Nobel, the planet’s unwell,

This is the future the models foretell.

CLIMATEGATE 2 Sensational Email Release: Durban Conference Derailed - Boston environmental policy | Examiner.com

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