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The Drudge Report suggested that global warming is “junk science,” by linking to a Washington Times editorial that falsely claims a series of emails that were reportedly stolen from the UK’s Climate Research Unit [CRU] show that global warming is an “unproven theory.” In fact, the validity of climate science is not hinged on the contents of these emails, some of which conservative media have taken out of context; reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading scientific body for assessing climate change research, are the product of thousands of scientists worldwide.

Drudge, Wash. Times editorial falsely suggest stolen emails show that global warming is “junk science” and an “unproven theory”

Washington Times: “Revelations of fudged science should have a cooling effect on global-warming.” A November 24 Washington Times reported on November 20 that Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist at NASA’s Goddard Institute
for Space Studies, said: “There’s nothing in the e-mails that shows that global
warming is a hoax. … There’s no funding by nefarious groups. There’s no
politics in any of these things; nobody from the [United Nations] telling people
what to do. There’s nothing hidden, no manipulation. It’s just scientists
talking about science, and they’re talking relatively openly as people in
private e-mails generally are freer with their thoughts than they would be in a
public forum. The few quotes that are being pulled out [are out] of context.
People are using language used in science and interpreting it in a completely
different way.” Schmidt is a contributor to the Real Climate blog, which has stated that some of the stolen CRU emails “involve people” at
Real Climate.

Fact: Thousands
of scientists from around the world participate in IPCC
process

IPCC: “Thousands
of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a
voluntary basis.” The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, which is a scientific body established by the United Nations and
World Meteorological Organisation, has established
that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal.” The IPCC “reviews and
assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information
produced worldwide,” and its reports are the product of
contributions from “[t]housands of scientists from all over the
world.”

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