British University To Investigate Whether Data Was Distorted At Climate Research Unit

The AP reports that a "British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming. Thousands of pieces of correspondence between some of the world's leading climate scientists were stolen from the unit at the University of East Anglia and leaked to the Internet late last month. Skeptics of man-made global warming say the e-mails are proof that scientists have been conspiring to hide evidence showing that global warming was not as strong as generally believed. Phil Jones, the director of the unit, stepped down Tuesday pending the result of the investigation. The university had promised a probe when Jones stepped down, but didn't specify what the investigation would encompass. Thursday's announcement was the first acknowledgment that the research itself would be under scrutiny." Tweet