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Climategate: a survey whitens researchers CRU

13.07.2010 02:31

Running Barefoot An independent investigation into a scandal involving one of the major centers of research on climate panel estimates that the "rigor and honesty" of scholars, accused of handling, no doubt, but noted a lack of emails from coopération.Les CRU, Centre for Research on Climate University of East Anglia, which were published on the internet are free of evidence to call into question the theories of international experts on global warming, says a report Wednesday. The investigation was launched by the University of East Anglia in eastern England, after hacking into a thousand emails from its research unit on climate change, one of the world's largest . These emails were circulated on the Internet, where they were presented as evidence of exaggeration or lies on the r? The rights in the warming of the planète.La leak occurred just before the conference Copenhagen on the fight against climate change, at the worst time for governments and experts trying to agree on a plan of action and convince the public of the need to invest billions on this front. The survey concluded that researchers had not acted improperly, but criticized their lack of openness and notes that some data going in the wrong direction. Led by a former employee, this procedure led to the most comprehensive in says further that nothing in the emails that contradicts the theories of International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "Their rigor and honesty as scientists is not in doubt," reads the report. "We found no evidence of behavior that could call into question the conclusions of the IPCC." The researchers are, however, criticized for failing to respond openly to questions about climate data protected by the laws on freedom of information. "We observed a tendency to answer the wrong question or give a partial answer," says the report.

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