Re: [Phys-L] The usual from Wurman

[Jim Diamond <jiminoregon@gmail.com>]

This just came in from the Associated Press.

Jim

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3fc5d49a349344f1967aadc4950e1a91/major-global-warming-study-again-questioned-again-defended

*Major global warming study again questioned, again defended.*

"...However Bates, who acknowledges that Earth is warming from man-made
carbon dioxide emissions, said in the interview that there was "no data
tampering, no data changing, nothing malicious."

"It's really a story of not disclosing what you did," Bates said in the
interview. "It's not trumped up data in any way shape or form."

Still, after Bates' blog post, the House Science Committee
<https://science.house.gov/news/press-releases/former-noaa-scientist-confirms-colleagues-manipulated-climate-records>
, a British tabloid newspaper and others who reject mainstream climate
science accused NOAA of playing "fast and loose" with land and water
temperature data."