Do I trust climate science? As a living body of intellectual inquiry exploring profoundly complex questions, yes.

Do I trust all climate scientists, research institutions, funding sources, journals and others involved in this arena to convey the full context of findings and to avoid sometimes stepping beyond the data? I wouldn’t be a journalist if I answered yes.

Andrew Revkin from “On Harvard Misconduct, Climate Research and Trust.”  Last week, Revkin was invited to join an e-mail forum with varied climate intelligentsia. When the discussion turned to Marc Hauser, a Harvard professor found guilty of academic misconduct, and “assertions that climate research suffered far too much from group think, protective tribalism and willingness to spin findings to suit an environmental agenda,” an important question was posited.

The question? “Maybe science—in some fields, not necessarily all of them—is much more corrupt than anyone wants to acknowledge.” Read his piece HERE.

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