University hit by new climate leak ahead of talks
November 22, 2011 By RAPHAEL G. SATTER , Associated Press
This is a Dec. 10, 2009 file photo showing the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. East Anglia, where stolen emails caused a global climate science controversy in 2009 says those behind the breach have apparently released a second and potentially far larger batch of old messages. University of East Anglia spokesman Simon Dunford said that while academics didn't have the chance yet to examine the roughly 5,000 emails apparently dumped into the public domain Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 a small sample examined by the university "appears to be genuine." (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
(AP) -- The British university whose stolen emails caused a global climate science controversy in 2009 says those behind the breach have apparently released a second and potentially far larger batch of old messages.
University of East Anglia spokesman Simon Dunford said that while academics didn't have the chance yet to examine the roughly 5,000 emails apparently dumped into the public domain Tuesday, a small sample examined by the university "appears to be genuine."
The university said in a statement that the emails did not appear to be the result of a new breach. Instead, the statement said that the emails appeared to have been stolen two years ago and held back until now "to cause maximum disruption" to the imminent U.N. climate talks next week in Durban, South Africa.
If that is confirmed, the timing and nature of the leak would follow the pattern set by the so-called "Climategate" emails, which caught prominent scientists stonewalling critics and discussing ways to keep opponents' research out of peer-reviewed journals.
Those hostile to mainstream climate science claimed the exchanges proved that the threat of global warming was being hyped, and their publication helped destabilize the failed U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, which followed several weeks later.
Climategate also dealt a blow to the reputation of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit, which is one of the world's leading centers for the study of how world temperatures have varied over time.
Although a host of reviews have since vindicated the unit's science, some of its practices - in particular efforts to hide data from opponents - have come under strong criticism. The university says it is now much more open about what it does.
The content of the new batch of emails couldn't be immediately verified - The Associated Press has not yet been able to secure a copy - but climate skeptic websites carried what they said were excerpts.
Although their context couldn't be determined, the excerpts appeared to show climate scientists talking in conspiratorial tones about ways to promote their agenda and freeze out those they disagree with. There are several mentions of "the cause" and discussions of ways to shield emails from freedom of information requests.
Penn State University Prof. Michael Mann - a prominent player in the earlier controversy whose name also appears in the latest leak - described Tuesday's development as "a truly pathetic episode," blaming agents of the fossil fuel industry for "smear, innuendo, criminal hacking of websites, and leaking out-of-context snippets of personal emails."
In an email to the AP, he said that the real story behind the leak was "an attempt to dig out 2-year-old turkey from Thanksgiving '09. That's how desperate climate change deniers have become."
Bob Ward, with the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, said in an email that he wasn't surprised by the leak.
"The selective presentation of old email messages is clearly designed to mislead the public and politicians about the strength of the evidence for man-made climate change," he said. "But the fact remains that there is very strong evidence that most the indisputable warming of the Earth over the past half century is due to the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities."
The source of the latest leaked emails was unclear. The perpetrator of the original hack has yet to be unmasked, although British police have said their investigation is still active.
More information: University of East Anglia: http://www.uea.ac.uk
©2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Nov 22, 2011
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Perhaps they should make sure of the dates, before sounding so biased.
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That means the planet is warming.
There are only three important questions:
1. Is human activity contributing to the warming process (i.e.
is it agravating it/speeding it up)?
2. Are we able to stop our contribution?
3. Can we remove whatever input we have already had on this
process?
The answers to these questions will, I suspect be as follows
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No.
So we will have to live with a warming world until it starts to cool then, if we still exist we will have to live with a cooling climate.
That's life!
All the posturing is motivated by profit motives of those who may be forced to change for the benefit of all, about whom they don't give a damn. They will take their profit now and future generations can look after themselves as best they can.
That is the sole motivation of those who argue against the fact of climate change.
Life is a process of change and these idiots think they can defy it.
Nov 22, 2011
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I've already seen a handfull of them in regard to the urban heat island effect that are going to make things rough on a few people. Well, strike that. Things should get rough for certain people, but they'll get cleared by a rigged investigation and nothing will happen to them. Oh well.
Link to the full zip file of emails is avialable at wattsupwiththat, just FYI. Notice how physorg never provides usefull links in their stories? They could link to the sources of all their stories and relevant studies, but oh well.
Nov 22, 2011
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Is that so?
Nov 22, 2011
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Nov 22, 2011
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Well, they did quote their source for the information. As a news reporting organization, that's pretty standard stuff. So, if the source is wrong you can take it up with the source.
Nov 22, 2011
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Defense of what? Are you making any charges? Tard Boy?
Nov 22, 2011
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The peak of this warming occurred 12,000 years ago, and since then temperatures should be declining.
They had been doing so. Until the recent, unprecedented and ongoing spike in global temperatures.
Poor Ah-poo-poo. He just can't get anything right.
"We are in an interglacial period and we have not reached its peak yet." - Au-poopoo
Nov 22, 2011
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Nope. No charges coming from me. Just seeing a strong defense from AP and UEA for some apparent reason...
Nov 22, 2011
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"I've already seen a handfull of them in regard to the urban heat island effect" - GSwift
Nov 22, 2011
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Nov 22, 2011
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No doubt you also see Elvis in your breakfast cereal and ghosts under your bed.
Nov 22, 2011
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http://www.warwickhughes.com/
Nov 22, 2011
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http://www.youtub...dCOsMgCw
http://www.youtub...Qts-8Cxo
Nov 22, 2011
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from the article "Instead, the statement said that the emails appeared to have been stolen two years ago and held back until now "
Nov 22, 2011
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Nov 22, 2011
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Why aren't these leaks cheered by 'liberals'?
Nov 22, 2011
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Nov 22, 2011
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Now, aside from this classic and erroneous talking point of the paid shills, perhaps you'd care to peruse the charts of global average temperatures to date:
http://data.giss..../graphs/
Or, perhaps take a look at ocean heat content:
http://www.nodc.n...CONTENT/
Now consider that all of that is happening DESPITE various natural cycles like PDO, AMO, solar cycle, etc. None of those have somehow stopped over the last 60 years. Nor is the basic physics of radiative and convective heat transport through the atmosphere in question.
So the only real "agrugment" (sic) here is whether you're a paid shill, or just a tool for paid shills.
Nov 22, 2011
Rank: 1.6 / 5 (39)
Unlike Libertarians, Randites, and Conservatives, Liberals generally cheer the exposure of unstated truth.
There is no unstated truth to expose her.
Conservatives, Randites and Libertarians cheer the suppression of the truth.
If there is some truth to be had here, then why aren't you crying over the latest email release?
Nov 22, 2011
Rank: 1.8 / 5 (40)
The BEST science purchased by the Denialist Koch Brothers shows a 0.14'C rise in average global temperatures over the last decade.
But what makes you think that there should be any correlation in global temperatures and CO2 levels on the time scale of a decade?
Elementary grade school statistics tells us not to expect one.
Given that you don't know this, I can only presume that you flunked out of public school.
Nov 22, 2011
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He doesn't know.
He doesn't care.
He is blissful in his willful ignorance.
http://www.youtub...9SNzxJJA
Nov 22, 2011
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If you repeat a statistic often enough then people will eventually come to believe it.
of course because you say so. go ahead keep repeating it.
oh, you must be talking about water vapour or did you need to revise the physics.
Nov 22, 2011
Rank: 1.5 / 5 (38)
It is easy enough to check. All you have to do to check is move to 1997 or 1999 and use the same methods to determine the "trend".
If it is substantially different then the point is an outlier.
You can find the data here. Near the end.
http://www.youtub...7z-0oo6o
Get back to us with your results.
You are capable of simple arithmetic aren't you?
Nov 22, 2011
Rank: 3.9 / 5 (14)
If I try hard Vendi!
and thanks I finally join the 'tard' club. I worked hard to join.
PS: my stuff uses 300watts just being on standby. me bad.
Nov 22, 2011
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Got it. I like references. Hard to disagree now.
Nov 22, 2011
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"As I have repeatedly said, Tards are what Tards do.
"my stuff uses 300watts just being on standby" - BlueTard
Why? Perhaps you like flushing your money and your children's future down the toilet.
Nov 22, 2011
Rank: 3.9 / 5 (14)
1998 saw an El Nino like we haven't seen before or since. That's not just some "statistic"; it's a well-known and undisputed fact.
And yes, it does bear repetition, because lately I see this 1998 canard surface on these threads over and over again. As if someone were strenuously trying to "keep repeating it". If you're in on that game, perhaps you could help explain this particular zombie's miraculous resurrection.
Nov 22, 2011
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And here I was believing him when he said he could perform basic arithmetic.
I guess I was wrong to believe him.
Nov 23, 2011
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Division and subtraction apparently elude him.
Nov 23, 2011
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.. but the manufacturers make stuff with standby operation. Most equipment doesn't even have an off switch! Think of all the thermal energy added to the environment by me having to unplug electrical wall sockets after each use! Anyway my smaller air-con has an 'energy save' mode that I use often and that operates at only a tiny 1.7kW, so you see I am very environmentally conscious and doing my part to help save the planet.
Nov 23, 2011
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So don't doubt my ecological integrity.
Nov 23, 2011
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I bet you never even thought of that did you. Huh, some scienceistic person you turned out to be.
Nov 23, 2011
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Division and subtraction apparently elude him.
Nov 23, 2011
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But good may result if this disclosure finally forces the leaders of nations and scientific organizations to admit their total powerlessness over the explosive forces [1,2] that sustain life as an evolving process in a climate that continuously changes as the Sun itself evolves.
1. "Living with the Stormy Star", National Geographic Magazine (July 2004) http://ngm.nation...dex.html
2. "Our Explosive Sun", in press (2011)
http://curry.eas....taFe.pdf
Nov 23, 2011
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AP: Please document that the emails were stolen or withdraw this obviously unfounded statement.
Nov 23, 2011
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The FSM mumbled something about standard deviation, baselines, not selectively excluding data from samples. I think the FSM means that you are cherry picking the data. Then again, how would I know when the information is restricted by researchers (avoiding FOI requests, stonewalling) or deliberate falsification to confuse critics etc as outlined in the emails.
As you say 'Tards are what Tards do' and applies very much to the pseudo-scientists at Uni East Anglia and other alarmist cretins.
Nov 23, 2011
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The kids can re-locate to Siberia, where in a few decades the best tropical beaches will be found.
Nov 23, 2011
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I assume you are attempting to make a distinction between a "leak" and theft. No such distinction would be necessary in any case.
All large organizations, as I'm sure you know, have policies on internal use of emails. While there could potentially be one such policy that says "use all our emails as you wish", I'm not holding my breath waiting for one.
Rather, any use of internal emails outside the organization would be considered theft from the organization's point of view, and without appropriate senior-level approval it would be perfectly customary to refer to it as such.
Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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Are you referring to your ongoing criminal trial Tard Boy?
Nov 23, 2011
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The concept of "Theft" as applied to information is inappropriate. The crime that occurred was the hacking into the CRU email server, the unlawful accessing of information there, the duplication of that information on a Russian Email server, and the subsequent hacking into the servers run by Real Climate, and the deposit of the copied information on that server as well.
With the latest release of private Emails on a Russian server, at least 6 British crimes have therefore been committed.
The reason is self evident. The Denialist conspirators were losing the PR war with the Koch Brothers funding an analysis (BEST) that strongly confirms the scientific results of the IPCC, NOAA, NASA, CRU, among others.
The results of BEST were a PR disaster for the Denialists
Nov 23, 2011
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All he need do is read some numbers from a chart, and do a little subtraction and then division.
Laughably, he doesn't have the intellectual capacity to do the work that any grade 9 year old can do.
Nov 23, 2011
Rank: 1.4 / 5 (39)
I suggest you wait until school is out, find a 9 year old walking down the street and borrow their calculator. Give then a nickle and have them show you how to use one. Then press the subtraction key and division key in the proper order.
We await your results.
You can find the data here. Near the end.
http://www.youtub...7z-0oo6o
Nov 23, 2011
Rank: 1.3 / 5 (36)
It is easy enough to check. All you have to do to check is move to 1997 or 1999 and use the same methods to determine the "trend".
If it is substantially different then the point is an outlier.
You can find the data here. Near the end.
http://www.youtub...7z-0oo6o
Get back to us with your results.
You are capable of simple arithmetic aren't you?
Nov 23, 2011
Rank: 1.8 / 5 (15)
Demonstrating simple arithmetic for your amusement is kinda distracting when I have a difficult decision to make. Its cold tonight and I'm not sure if I should leave my 2kW wall mounted bathroom heater on all night just in case I need a nocturnal visit. Perhaps if I leave the 3.5kW lounge room air-con on reverse cycle heating but low fan and the downstairs door open instead.
Which would be less efficient? Can you help me with the math if i give you the space volume, air flow rates and whatever data you need, so as to maintain a slightly toasty 27C. That way I can walk around naked like a big shot and the dancing girls won't get a chill in sensitive places.
Crikey, priorities matey.
Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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Santo fumo! 2 KW in the b'room! At N45 I've got only 500 W b'room cycling and 8 KW total.
Refrigerants are ineffective near 0°C.
Nov 23, 2011
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Your logic is faulty my friend. You are equating "theft" and "crimes" with public knowledge of such. Most organizations aren't going to go to great lengths to file charges, use DA and police time and money, to prove something was stolen in a non-high security facility. The term theft is entirely appropriate usage here.
Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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Given that 98% of all scientists strongly disagree with your quack tard assertions, I suppose to you that means that 98 percent of all scientists are cretins.
Does that include the BEST team employed by the Criminal Koch Brothers to debunk UAE research and found themselves claiming that their work represents "excellent science"?
And still you have provided no numbers.
You can't add, you can't divide, but you just know for sure that all 98% of the worlds scientists just have it all wrong.
Idiot.
Nov 23, 2011
Rank: 1.3 / 5 (36)
You could have learned how to perform long division in that time.
Idiot.
Nov 23, 2011
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Dog ate your homework? Innumerate Tard Boy.
You have already demonstrated that you are intellectually inferior to a 9 year old.
That is typical for Warming Denialists.
Nov 23, 2011
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I think that what is being missed here is that certain kinds of "theft" are protected by whistle-blowing laws, in the public interest. Or were, until recently.
Regardless of the dictionary definition, if you take something that is not yours without permission, whether it can be proven or not, it is theft. It is your karma, which will follow you "as the cart follows the ox."
Of course, if there is a higher purpose involved, such as whistle-blowing, then that is your karma too.
Nov 23, 2011
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Other parts of the story will be told in the latest update on "The Deep Roots of the Climate Scandal (1971-2011)"
http://dl.dropbox...reer.pdf
Until workable hyperlinks are added to the revised pdf file, I can send a Word.doc file of the document on request to omatumr@yahoo.com
Additional information has been posted on another news story: www.physorg.com/n...ase.html
With kind regards,
Oliver K. Manuel
http://myprofile....anuelo09
Nov 23, 2011
Rank: 1.3 / 5 (13)
The concealed agenda of AGW: Equalize the standard of living in all parts of a new one-world government.
Today, many of us are only now starting to grasp that world leaders have an agenda that is independent of the will of their citizens.
http://noconsensu...ate-2-0/
Oliver
Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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BlueTard lusts after not only my mind, but my body as well.
Meanwhile OmaTard - upon hearing that BlueTard can't perform basic arithmetic, is hoping that he really is 9 years old so that they can become "special friends" as OmaTard has years of experience in anally buggering his own four children.
Nov 23, 2011
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Not a very happy way to start the day.
Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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Nov 23, 2011
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cool, so i can go take your car and as long as you cant prove its stolen no crime has occurred because nothing was stolen?
Nov 24, 2011
Rank: 3.6 / 5 (13)
In the case of the emails, it is alleged that they have been acquired without the owners permission. The authorities are investigating. No crime has been proven and they have not yet been proven stolen.
Can I have my car back now, please?
Nov 24, 2011
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Nov 24, 2011
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Nov 25, 2011
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dayum. . .can't trust nobody nohow
Nov 26, 2011
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Given the childishness of your posts, I have long suspected that you were under 18. Did you turn your boyfriend in?
Nov 26, 2011
Rank: 1.2 / 5 (31)
Life is hard, and then you die.
We are still waiting for you to perform a couple of subtractions and a division.
It has been over a week and you still haven't managed to complete the task.
Nov 26, 2011
Rank: 2.3 / 5 (3)
I guess it would be if you live in constant fear.
The youtube link video you posted does not contain enough data to do any math. Much better are Pink Elephants links. In any case it seems that you can interpret the data to fit your desired conclusion. The GISS data for example has an uncertainty of near 50% of the mean surface temp rise. Not much integrity in such noisy data. The US mean temp looks like its on a downward trend.
In any case, exactly how do these stats prove that human activity is a significant contributing factor. Oh, that's right - they don't.
Nov 27, 2011
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Nov 27, 2011
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Nov 27, 2011
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Pretty sure you made my point precisely. The definition of theft is quite independent of whether or not YOU say it is theft. That WAS the point. The SOURCE of the information SAYS IT WAS THEFT. The fact that you don't like the source, or their claim, really is quite besides the point. Until they grant you access to the facility so you can use your primo investigative powers to solve this crime of the century, I think most of us will just be OK using the term theft. Thanks for playing. Try again!
Nov 27, 2011
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Nerdyguy, please read this repeatedly until you realize what is wrong with it. You are unfit to have a conversation here without understanding what is wrong with your statement.
Just in case you are at a total loss, follow bluehigh's advice.
Nov 28, 2011
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Herbert, here's an idea. Stick to the topic. Use a logical argument, and present it well. Try not to get too off-track with your senseless rants at every person who has ever argued against you. It's funny as hell that you've gone through every place I've posted this weekend and written something similar to: "haha, you are wrong, you don't get it". wtf dude, are you 8 or something? My kids do a better job of public discourse.