More than 250 US scientists, including 11 Nobel laureates, have published an open letter defending climate change research. The letter, which appears in Science, follows increasing hostility to climate change science in the wake of the release of hacked emails from the University of East Anglia and errors made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The scientists, all members of the US National Academy of Sciences, accuse their opponents of "McCarthy-like threats. (source: tgdaily.com)
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