Earlier today, Christopher Booker at the UK Telegraph noted a "surreal scientific blunder," followed by an attempted cover-up, that should cause everyone to question the source's past and future credibility.
The source of the shoddy work is NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the outfit run by world champion globalarmist James Hansen. Hansen has in the past stated that "heads of major fossil-fuel companies who spread disinformation about global warming should be 'tried for high crimes against humanity and nature.'"
What Booker reports causes one to wonder what the appropriate punishment should be for committing drop-dead obvious errors and integrity-lacking follow-up. [snip]
A GISS spokesman lamely explained that the reason for the error in the Russian figures was that they were obtained from another body, and that GISS did not have resources to exercise proper quality control over the data it was supplied with. This is an astonishing admission: the figures published by Dr Hansen's institute are not only one of the four data sets that the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) relies on to promote its case for global warming, but they are the most widely quoted, since they consistently show higher temperatures than the others.
.... whether, on the basis of such evidence, it is wise for the world's governments to embark on some of the most costly economic measures ever proposed, to remedy a problem which may actually not exist, is a question which should give us all pause for thought.No kidding. It's also reasonable to ask why taxpayers or anyone else should be funding Hansen's horrible handiwork.
McIntyre at Climate Audit reported the errors, with What's Up With That also noting, on Monday, November 10. GISS's blunder, and attempted back-and-fill, were both clear by Thursday. Yet a Google News search at 11 AM on "Hansen October" (quotes not used) for November 9-16 shows that there has been no traditional media interest. A similar New York Times search came up empty.
Thus, Mr. Hansen will more than likely be able to continue to spout off in front of congressional committees about the planet's impending doom from global warming -- even as evidence continues to mount that the earth is cooling.
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