In the aftermath of the widely publicized unauthorized release of internal Climate Research Unit emails, documents and data by an insider or hacker, Phil Jones has temporarily stepped down from his position. Hopefully temporary will become permanent.
The British scientist at the heart of a scandal over climate-change research temporarily stepped down Tuesday as director of a prominent research group amid an internal probe that follows the release of hacked emails involving him and other scientists.
In one email, Dr. Jones suggested to Dr. Mann that they should try to keep out of scientific journals the research of scientists who challenge the idea of man-made global warming. We “will keep them out somehow — even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!” the email says.
Read the rest of Climate Scientist Steps Down at the WSJ.
