Climate Journal Publishes Referees' Report In Response To "Witch-Hunt" Claims 330
Sockatume (732728) writes "The resignation of Prof. Lennart Bengtsson from an anti-global-warming think tank has triggered widespread outrage in the British tabloids, with the University of Bristol Professor blaming his departure on a 'witch-hunt' environment amongst climate scientists and the rejection of one of his papers. The UK's Times quotes a passage from the reviewer comments in support of this, in which it is claimed that the paper was rejected for being 'unhelpful to their cause.' In response, that journal's publisher has taken the rare step of publishing the referees' report in full. The report describes Bengtsson's paper as a 'simplistic comparison of ranges from AR4, AR5, and Otto et al [data sets], combined with the statement they they are inconsistent,' 'where no consistency was to be expected in the first place' and therefore is not publishable research. The referee adds a number of possible areas of discussion which would allow Bengtsson to make the same data into a publishable paper, but warns that publishing it in its current state 'opens the door for oversimplified claims of errors and worse from the climate sceptics media.'"
Re:Witch-Hunt. Right. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Tabloids? (Score:5, Funny)
I wouldn't call the Daily Telegraph a tabloid.
Of course not. It's my go to source for the REAL truth on bigfoot, aliens, and the Loch Ness monster.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... [telegraph.co.uk] - Hikers-capture-bigfoot-on-film
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.... [dailytelegraph.com.au] - have-aliens-hijacked-voyager-2-spacecraft
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... [telegraph.co.uk] - Mystery-alien-like-creature-seen-in-Bristol-harbour
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... [telegraph.co.uk] - Has-Apple-maps-found-the-Loch-Ness-Monster
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new... [telegraph.co.uk] - Has-the-Loch-Ness-monster-finally-been-caught-on-camera
Re:"Anti-global-warming think tank?" (Score:5, Funny)
They're opposed to thinking.
Thinking requires energy in the form of glucose in the blood, derived from food that we eat. So sustaining critical thinking processes require the consumption of more food, which generally comes from a grocer. They have to truck tons of it in every week, which inevitably belches many tons of CO2 in the air.
Therefore, they only oppose thinking for the purposes of saving the environment for our children. Won't you just think of the children? The best thing you can do is not think about them.
You know, for the children.