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‘Climategate’ has taken much of the heat out of global warming argument

The release of a series of e-mails written by scientists at the University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (now called “Climategate”) has triggered a sharp increase in uncertainty not only about the cause of climate change (manmade or not?), but also whether the world is actually getting warmer.

With respect to this latter issue, Professor Philip Jones, who recently resigned as head of research of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Institute – and who was the author of many of the leaked e-mails – admitted in a BBC interview that rates of global warming from 1860-1880, 1910-1940 and 1975-1998 were not statistically significant.

This indicates that the world has not suddenly …

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