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Eloise Gibson of the New Zealand Herald writes about the recent ‘Climategate’ scandal, in which emails stolen from a leading climate research institute have prompted claims by some that anthropogenic climate change is a scam. There has been much debate over the actual importance of the emails – in this article, Eloise looks at some [...]

Week from hell for climate science It broke last weekend and has run all week – the “climategate” saga that has seen the private emails of prominent climate scientists leaked onto the web and picked over by climate change sceptics who accuse them of manipulating data to show the world’s climate is warming. New Zealand [...]

New Zealand climate scientist Dr Jim Salinger is among an international group of climate scientists quoted in emails obtained from the University of East Anglia’s climate research unit and leaked onto the internet. The so-called “climategate” emails have been seized on by climate change sceptics who claim they show leading climate scientists have manipulated data [...]