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James Hansen on the Warmest Year Brouhaha

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hot-or-not dept.

Jamie writes "In response to earlier reports, Dr. James Hansen, top climate scientist with NASA, has issued a statement on the recent global warming data correction. He points out 'the effect on global temperature was of order one-thousandth of a degree, so the corrected and uncorrected curves are indistinguishable.' In a second email he shows maps of U.S. temperatures relative to the world in 1934 and 1998, explains why the error occurred (it was not, as reported, a 'Y2K bug') and, in response to errors by 'Fox, Washington Times, and their like,' attacks the 'deceit' of those who 'are not stupid [but] seek to create a brouhaha and muddy the waters in the climate change story.'"

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  1. God Smack Your Ass !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    God Smack Your Ass !!

  2. Obligatory Firesign Theatre reference by objekt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Brouhaha?

    Ha-HA-ha!

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  3. No, I am listening to Megadeth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Symphony of Destruction FTW. Godsmack is gay.

    1. Re:No, I am listening to Megadeth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Megadeth is quite good. Marty Friedman was an awesome guitar player. I guess he is gone now. You should listen to Mastodon! They are probably the best new metal band to come out in years.

  4. Re:The bigger issue by kir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Huh! Apparently scaremongering gets one a +5, Informative nowadays. We'll see how long that lasts though.

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  5. Re:Yes they have by crashfrog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or what, tough guy? Now I'm genuinely curious.

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