House Panel Heatedly Debates Research Behind Global-Warming Theory

In an unusual hearing, Congress recently spent six hours discussing the work of a prominent climate researcher, picking apart one particular graph that shows the world is warmer now than in any other period over the past millennium.

At the hearing, Republicans and Democrats sparred over whether the graph was incorrect and what effect that would have on discussions about global warming.

The hearing, in July, focused on the work of Michael E. Mann, an associate professor of

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