An independent panel of experts in the United Kingdom has released a reportย finding there to be, โno evidence of any deliberate scientific malpractice in any of the work of the Climatic Research Unit and had it been there we believe that it is likely that we would have detectedย it.โ
The inquiry was headed by former Chair of the House of Lords science and technology select committee, Lordย Oxburgh.
As reported in the Economist today, โThe scientists in โclimategateโ did not fudge theย data.โ
The Wall Street Journal writes on the matterย that:
โAn independent academic panel said Wednesday that the U.K. climate researchers at the center of a scandal over hacked emails didnโt commit any deliberate scientific malpractice.โ
This is the second inquiry out of the UK in the last month finding no wrongdoing around the so-called โclimategateโ incident involving the theft of private emails from top climate researchers at the University of East Angliaโs Climate Researchย Unit.
An inquiry last month led by a bi-partisan UK government committee found the claims made around the stolen emails to be withoutย merit.
The bi-partisan committee found that โthe focus on CRU and Professor Phil Jones, Director of CRU, in particular, has largely been misplaced,โ and that Dr. Jonesโs actions were โin line with common practice in the climate science community,โ and the CRUโs โanalyses have been repeated and the conclusions have beenย verified.โ
You can download that report here: โThe disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of Eastย Anglia.โ
