1,700 UK scientists back climate science

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/scitech/2009/12/10/D9CGDL281_climate_hacked_e_mails

1,700 UK scientists back climate science


Over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence for human-made climate change in the wake of hacked e-mails that emboldened climate skeptics.

E-mails stolen from an English university appeared to show scientists discussing ways to shield data from public scrutiny and suppress others' work. Climate skeptics -- those who deny that human activity is responsible for global warming -- have seized on the correspondence as evidence that scientists have conspired to hide the facts.

Most scientists say the e-mails do nothing to undermine the evidence for climate change.

More than 1,700 signed a statement released Thursday, saying they had confidence in the evidence for global warming "and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities."

[SidDithers]

1. Kicked and Rec'd...nt

Sid

[spanone]

2. they should conference call sarah palin, she's yet to be convinced...they should talk real slow

[Kingofalldems]

3. DU hoaxers would say they are either liars or dupes

The hoaxers know so much more than these scientists.

[JonQ]

4. I like this bit in the full article

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6951029.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=3392178

"The Met Office admitted that many of the signatories did not work on climate change. "

And this:

One scientist told The Times he felt under pressure to sign. “The Met Office is a major employer of scientists and has long had a policy of only appointing and working with those who subscribe to their views on man-made global warming,” he said.

Oh well, as science is settled by a popular vote of scientists in the UK this settles the debate (well, would if this was the majority).