The excerpts and link below are from an article appearing in the New York Times:
Editorial With Stakes This High Published: February 17, 2010 #----------------------- Excerpt: Disclosures of isolated errors and exaggerations in the 2007 report from the United Nations panel on climate change do not undermine its main finding: that the planet has been warming gradually for more than a century and that human activity is largely responsible. But the misstatements have handed climate skeptics a public relations boost. #------------------------- #------------------------ Excerpt: In a recent editorial in the journal Nature, Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, wrote that while the scientific understanding of climate change remains "undiminished," the "perceived misbehavior of even a few scientists can diminish the credibility of science as a whole." Dr. Cicerone is right on all counts: given the complexity and urgency of climate change --- and its vulnerability to political posturing --- scientists engaged in the issue must avoid personal agendas and be intellectually vigilant and above reproach. #--------------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/opinion/17wed2.html?th&emc=th or http://tinyurl.com/y93ewdt Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
