FELDSTED -- If Mann’s calculations were correct -- and not ‘doctored’ -- Dr. Ball would have lost the case
Climate Change Dispatch (August 24 th ): In 2003 a Canadian study showed the “hockey stick” curve “ is primarily an artifact of poor data handling, obsolete data and incorrect calculation of principal components. ” When the data was corrected it showed a warm period in the 15th Century that exceeded the warmth of the 20th Century. So, the graph was junk science. But the big question then became: did Mann intentionally falsify his graph from motivation to make a profit and/or cause harm (i.e. commit the five elements of criminal fraud)? CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY : Professor Michael Mann , the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climatologist who invented the “hockey stick” model of future global warming has failed to defend his theory in court. During disclosure proceedings in his libel action against Dr. Tim Ball, Mann was ordered to produce the figures on which his theory is based in order that ...