(Credit: lexaarts/Shutterstock) A recent article published in the Daily Mail critical of climate science has drawn sharp criticism from multiple climate researchers. The controversy concerns a paper, published in 2015 by a team of NOAA researchers led by Thomas Karl, that revealed a purported "pause" in global warming was nothing more than an artifact of incomplete data. Now, the DailyMail has published an article based on an exclusive interview with former NOAA employee John Bates alleging that the Karl paper misinterpreted data to overstate the scope of climate change. The article was quickly promoted by The House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, led by Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith.
.@NOAA obstructed the committee's oversight at every turn. Now we know what they were hiding: https://t.co/4C9MzWNiWk
— Sci,Space,&Tech Cmte (@HouseScience) February 5, 2017
In brief, Bates, who was not involved with the research he discusses, questions the legitimacy of datasets ...
