If, like us, you are concerned about the recent news following leaked emails from the University of East Anglia on climate change research, you may be interested in some information "from the horse's mouth". If you go to the university's website, a statement was posted - see below - which certainly helps gain some perspective on the issue.
Here is a snippet of two salient points, made by the head of the Unit, followed by a link to the whole statement.
Extract of statement from Professor Phil Jones, Head of the Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia;
"...In the frenzy of the past few days, the most vital issue is being overshadowed: we face enormous challenges ahead if we are to continue to live on this planet.
One has to wonder if it is a coincidence that thie email correspondence has been stolen and published at this time. This may be a concerted attempt to put a question mark over the science of climate chance in the run-up to the Copenhagen talks.
That the world is warming is based on a range of sources: not only temperature records but other indicators such as sea level rise, glacier retreat and less Arctic sea ice.
Our global temperature series tallies with those of other, completely independeny groups of scientists working for NASA and the National Climate Data Center in the United States, among others. Even if you were to ignore our findings, theirs show the same results. The facts speak for themselves, there is no need for anyone to manipulate them..."
Full statement here: https://www.uea.ac.uk/mac/comm/media/press/2009/nov/homepagenews/CRUupdate