Richard Muller argues that poor math undermines evidence linking global warming to human activity.
In the scientific and political debate over global warming, the latest wrong piece may be the hockey stick, the famous plot [that] purports to show that we are now experiencing the warmest climate in a millennium...Canadian scientists Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick have uncovered a fundamental mathematical flaw in the computer program that was used to produce the hockey stick...How does this bombshell affect what we think about global warming?"
Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan
FULL STORY: Global Warming Bombshell

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