Climategate Ends: Scientists did not manipulate the data – Climate Change a Reality

News Type: Event — Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:21 AM EDT

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By just4theplanet.com

The scientists at the center of a media storm known as “climategate” have been cleared of accusations that they fudged their results and silenced critics to bolster the case for man-made Global Warming.

Sir Muir Russell, the senior civil servant who led a six-month inquiry into the affair, said the
“rigour and honesty” of the scientists at the world-leading Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are not in doubt. They did not subvert the peer review process to censor criticism as alleged, the panel found, while key data needed to reproduce their findings was freely available to any “competent” researcher.

The panel did criticize the scientists for not being open enough about their work, and said they were “unhelpful and defensive” when responding to legitimate requests made under freedom of information (FOI) laws.

The row was sparked when 13 years of emails from CRU scientists were hacked and released online last year Skeptics claimed they showed scientists manipulating and suppressing data to back up a theory of man-made climate change. Critics also alleged that the scientists abused their positions to cover up flaws and distort the peer review process that determines which studies are published in journals, and so enter the scientific record. Some alleged that the emails cast doubt on the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Announcing the findings, Russell said: “Ultimately this has to be about what they did, not what they said.”
He added: “The honesty and rigour of CRU as scientists are not in doubt … We have not found any evidence of behaviour that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC assessments.”

This third and most detailed report on the “climategate” affair came to the same conclusions as the previous two. Two enquires by Penn State University have also exonerated the US scientists at the other end of the e-mail exchange.

Lessons? Well clearly in the age of the Internet scientists must be open to public scrutiny. Informed bloggers have played a big role in identifying errors and misconceptions within mainstream science –as in other spheres. Of course scientists, like anyone, have a right to privacy, but that does not mean that their data remain private forever.

At just4theplanet we believe that public scrutiny of science and the scientific method is never a bad thing, especially when the research involves something as important as Climate Change. But there comes a time when results should be accepted by all reasonable people. Of course there will be people arguing that climate change – if it exists at all – has nothing to do with Humans. But such people are often not interested in the evidence. Unfortunately they start from a belief system that is often unmovable. This is not a far cry from those who believe that the US government is responsible for 9/11 and all terrorist attacks in the West and that Christianity is the cause of evil in the world. Documentaries such as “Zeitgeist” – which has been watched by many – portray pseudo science in a way that is compelling – but quite ludicrous.

The most important outcome from the publication of all five reports in the UK and the USA is proof that there is no evidence whatsoever that climate scientists set out to manipulate the data in order to boost the case for climate change. We should not be distracted any further from devising methods to deal with it.

Blood of the Earth - The BP Gulf Oil Spill part 9

Studies: Radio Waves Hurt Tree Growth, Kill Bees

Cell phone and other electronic use has depleted aspen seedlings and honey
bees
Tiffany Kaiser - July 9, 2010 7:15 AM

Katie Haggerty is a woman with no academic degree from Lyons, Colorado, but
she has published an environmental research paper in the International Journal
of Forestry Research about the harmful effects radio waves have on aspen
seedlings.

Haggerty started studying electromagnetic fields 20 years ago. She had heard
of a preliminary

experiment conducted near her home north of Steamboat Mountain that aspen
seedlings were healthier when shielded from radio waves.

Sometime in 2005, she saw that her geraniums were stunted and had an inkling
that it may have had to do with radio frequencies, since she placed her plants
in a Faraday cage, which is covered by a metal screen that prevents radio
frequency energy from "hitting" the plants. Haggerty's inkling was correct,
since her geraniums were suddenly growing at a faster rate with larger leaves.

She first planted the aspen seedlings in 2007, where one group was in a
Faraday cage, another was wrapped in fiberglass that didn't protect the plants
from radio waves and the third group was completely unprotected. The procedure
began in spring, and by the end of July, there were noticeable differences in
growth. Once October approached, even the colors varied.

"I found that the shielded seedlings produced more growth, longer shoots,
bigger leaves and more total leaf area," said Haggerty. "The shielded group
produced 60 percent more leaf area and 74 percent more shoot length than the
mock-shielded group.

"The leaves in the shielded group produced striking fall colors, while the two
exposed groups stayed light green or yellow and were affected by areas of dead
leaf tissue. The shielded leaves turned red, which was a good sign. The
unshielded leaves in both exposed groups had extensive decay, and some leaves
fell off while they were still green."

According to the U.S. Forest Service researchers, drought conditions are
likely the cause of death for thousands of acres of aspen trees in Colorado.
While Haggerty recognizes that her study is only a preliminary experiment, she
argues that the surrounding area is "saturated" with radio waves from
televisions, radios, microwave ovens, weather radar and cell phones that are
contributing to the demise of these forests.

"It appears that there may be negative effects on the health and growth of
aspens from the radio frequency background," said Haggerty.

But trees are not the only victims falling dead to radio waves. According to
researchers at Chandigarh's Panjab University in India, radiation from mobile
phones is a key factor in the decline of honey bees throughout Europe and the
United States. The experiment was conducted by putting two cell phones that
were powered on for a total of one half hour per day inside one bee hive while
putting dummy models of cell phones in another. Three months later,
researchers found a severe decline in honey bees in the active cell phone
infested hive. In addition, the queen bee in the powered cell phone hive
produced less eggs.

Whether it's plants or bees, researchers and everyday citizens like Haggerty
alike have proven that radio waves have an adverse effect on the surrounding
environment and hope that it will change the point of views of doubters and
help find ways to protect the environment.

Haggerty's paper sparked interest in Wayne Shepperd of the Forest Service's
Rocky Mountain Research Station, and he had Haggerty present her data at the
regional conference on forest decline in Fort Collins in 2008. From there, the
paper was accepted at the North American Forest Ecology Workshop at Utah State
University and is now published in the scientific journal.

A Message from my friend Robert

hello all,

Independent people went to Gulf ...got water samples....had them analysis outside the powers of BP.

If I was in a refinery and some of this tested at 125 ppm....the area would be shut down...no entry without fresh air equipment and training.

This reports...375-425 ppm...at this exposure level...neurological damages occur...birth defects...DNA damages....with more than 4 days constant exposure.

Labs that test independently are required by law to report these findings to EPA...specify location...longitude and latitude.

The people that did the gathering of water samples do not know these laws exist.
They videod the location.

That will involve Homeland Security...potential to incite riotous condition(panic) in a civilian populated area?..if the wording is correctly remebered.

That was very expensive to pay for...several hundreds of dollars cost to them personally.
They just made the government's list that is forever linked to their social security numbers...

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE....as signs were posted...
they are young.

These levels of exposure will kill lower life forms...in minutes...suffocating them.
The oceans currents will move this contaminated water all over the world in months....nothing can stop it...nothing can clean it up fast enough...known to humanity.
Where will the contamination spread to and for how long?

Noone knows!!!

This is the absolute most disgraceful time of humanity...we have ever documented.

Best to you,

Robert

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New video of flood in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon as death toll rises

In Mexico, six people have been killed in floods from tropical storms, as a result of Hurricane Alex. The northern city of Monterrey was the worst hit as a river burst its banks, washing away cars and destroying roads. More than four thousand people were evacuated from the region. The storms had earlier torn through central America, but have now dissipated.