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Global warming graph attacked by study

15.04.2010 (8:13 pm) – Filed under: Escendo Transitus

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/162b0c58-47f5-11df-b998-00144feab49a.html

A key piece of evidence in climate change science was slammed as “exaggerated” on Wednesday by the UK’s leading statistician, in a vindication of claims that global warming sceptics have been making for years.

Professor David Hand, president of the Royal Statistical Society, said that a graph shaped like an ice hockey stick that has been used to represent the recent rise in global temperatures had been compiled using “inappropriate” methods.