Posted on 02/03/2010 3:06:38 PM PST by neverdem
A prominent US climate scientist at the centre of the "climategate" leaked email controversy has been virtually cleared of professional misconduct by an internal university enquiry.
Michael Mann, of Penn State University, featured regularly in the more than 1000 emails that were hacked from the University of East Anglia in the UK last November. His emails and comments have since then featured in countless blogs and news articles. Some have claimed the emails reveal that mainstream climate scientists have massaged data in order to demonstrate that climate change is caused by human activities.
The scientists in the emails, including Mann, have also been accused of seeking to prevent the publication of sceptical research in academic journals.
Penn State University opened an enquiry into Mann's behaviour in November, shortly after the emails were leaked into the public domain. After sifting through 1075 emails and focussing on 47 that were deemed relevant to public accusations of misconduct leveraged against Mann, they have, by and large cleared his name.
Off the hook
The internal enquiry has found that Mann did not "participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions with an intent to suppress or to falsify data". For the full report, click here (pdf).
Nor did he "delete, conceal or otherwise destroy emails, information and/or data" relating to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report. One email that has received much media attention was sent to Mann by Phil Jones, then director of the UEA's Climatic Research Centre, on 29 May 2008. It asked Mann to delete some emails regarding the 2007 IPCC report.
In the months since the email leak, Mann has repeatedly said that he did not heed to Jones' request. Penn State's enquiry confirmed this...
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Gee, Penn State clears scientist in a situation where, if not cleared, it would have given Penn State a black eye.
Color me surprised.
It is just like the IPCC whose authors investigate their own publications and conclude they are great. The IPCC and PSU are kangaroo courts - the prosecutors are the jurors.
This was to be expected. For PSU to have done the right thing would have been a real surprise.
PSU is the now the most corrupt university in America. Kinda like the mafia investigating itself. His multi million $$ research Grafts have no bearing. How bout we have an outside source review these crooks?
Pray for America’s Freedom
That was *really* strong sarcasm on my part. I should have made it more explicit.
I couldn’t agree more. Totally different issue, but very much like Duke never doing the right thing concerning the railroading of their lacrosse players.
Whitewash.
Just think: if you did this, you’d be in jail.
But because he’s a rich lib with powerful friends, this crook is going to F**KING walk.
Good to know that Obama is returning the government “to the people”.....
All I can say is, I’m sure glad I’m not a PSU graduate and I sympathize with those who are.
Note to self: Add PSU grads to Duke and certain other universities’ grads as “those who need to be checked out more carefully before hiring.” I will NOT hire another “Joseph.”
They built an entire college with phony information to get more grants.
Just watch the stories on the Weather Channel. Yep, that's Penn State info.
Bears repeating:
Mann,Hansen,Penn State, East Anglia, et. al. are to real science what ACORN is to honest government.
What Mann did was find some Lowland Larch (from a far different microclimate) and use them for his 1850 to mid 1900s period.
He didn't tell anyone he was using different tree rings from different elevations in different areas yet he knew.
That's because he wouldn't have found the people to get the samples from unless he read their reports in peer reviewed journals where they described the problem.
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