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February 11, 2010, 02:49 PM ET
British University Expands 'Climategate' Probe of Researchers' Conduct
The university at the heart of the "Climategate" scandal -- in which leaked e-mail messages among climate scientists suggested that the researchers had exaggerated or suppressed data to strengthen their claims about global warming -- has decided to broaden its internal investigation into its employees' research practies. On Thursday the institution, the University of East Anglia, announced that it would expand its inquiry to include how the university's climate unit handled data. To evaluate that matter, investigators will enlist the help of the Royal Society, Britain's national science group, according to The Financial Times. “It is important that people have the utmost confidence in the science of climate change," Martin Rees, president of the Royal Society, said in the newspaper account.
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1. ottofad - February 11, 2010 at 09:19 pm
“It is important that people have the utmost confidence in the science of climate change..."
No, it is important that people have the utmost confidence in the objectivity of science and "scientists".
2. ethan56 - February 12, 2010 at 08:38 am
ottopad--well put. Do you think that Martin Rees understands this?
3. danryan490 - February 12, 2010 at 01:46 pm
Puts a new twist on the term "Political Science"
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