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But how do we actually know, and how much do we actually know, about historic and prehistoric temperatures? In this Climate Discussion Nexus "Backgrounder" video John Robson examines the uses, and abuses, of various temperature proxies.

E-mail messages between high-ranking scientists appear to indicate a conspiracy by some of the world's leading global warming alarmists to falsify temperature data in order to exaggerate global averages. Those involved allegedly include: James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Michael Mann, famous for Mann's "Hockey Stick"; Gavin Schmidt, NASA climate modeler, and; Stephen Schneider, Stanford professor and Al Gore confidant. A statement rele...

S&R interviewed Martin Vermeer, first author of a recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper on sea level rise, about how much context the published CRU emails contained. In addition to answering questions about the emails' context, Vermeer pointed out that some of the context "bears the mark of a scientific community under…

S&R's collection of a discussion on human-caused climate disruption between Brian Angliss, S&R climate/science writer and electrical engineer, and Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer and former CEO of Scaled Composites.

  Herald on Sunday letters: Independence is not about sovereignty, it is about values and the sort of society I wish to live in Herald on Sunday letters: Independence is not about sovereignty, it is about values and the sort of society I wish to live in MARTIN Redfern (Letters, January 3) claims that “Scottish independence, just like Brexit, is principally about sovereignty”. I beg to differ. For me, it is about values and the sort of society I wish to live in. I spent most of my adult...

Leveled at his methodology. studies show a key step in his technique to generate a hockey stick even if random numbers are used. this was the case in the first seven panels of this chart. >> he used a mathematical technique that loaded all the weight of the final graph on these pines that discourted -- distorted the picture. >> sean: when the hockey stick is compared to another tree ring graph the results differed sharply starting in 1960. showing mann and jones struggling. >> what are they goin...

In 2005 they attempted to discredit the editor of the scientific journal geophysical research letters after he published one of mcintyre questioning the hockey graph. >> evidence they were trying to get the editor of the journal fired. the fact that they did actually engage in a conspiracy to try to get him forced out, is against, indicative of an attitude toward scientific process which is disturbing. >> sean: even the ipcc doesnt emerge unscathed. critics say -- >> the hockey stick issue known...

>> sean: similar criticism leveled at his methodology. studies show a key step in his technique to generate a hockey stick even if random numbers are used. this was the case in the first seven panels of this chart. >> he used a mathematical technique that loaded all the weight of the final graph on these pines that discourted -- distorted the picture. >> sean: when the hockey stick is compared to another tree ring graph the results differed sharply starting in 1960. showing mann and jones strugg...

Discredit the editor of the scientific journal geophysical research letters after he published one of mcintyre questioning the hockey graph. >> evidence they were trying to get the editor of the journal fired. the fact that they did actually engage in a conspiracy to try to get him forced out, is against, indicative of an attitude toward scientific process which is disturbing. >> sean: even the ipcc doesnt emerge unscathed. critics say -- >> the hockey stick issue known to ipcc as a problem five...

Scientific journal geophysical research letters after he published one of mcintyre questioning the hockey graph. >> evidence they were trying to get the editor of the journal fired. the fact that they did actually engage in a conspiracy to try to get him forced out, is against, indicative of an attitude toward scientific process which is disturbing. >> sean: even the ipcc doesnt emerge unscathed. critics say -- >> the hockey stick issue known to ipcc as a problem five years ago. instead of havin...