In 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change acknowledged what some in the climate science community had begun calling a \u201chiatus\u201d in global warming \u2014 that \u201cthe rate of warming over the past 15 years \u2026 is smaller than the rate calculated since 1951.\u201d This acknowledgement by the IPCC threatened to derail the alarmist narrative of human activity being the primary cause of global warming espoused by many on the Left. And indeed it was, as skeptics of anthropogenic global warming used the IPCC\u2019s admission as further evidence to support their questioning of the politically correct narrative.<\/p>\n
Fast forward two years to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s (NOAA) release of a report, known as the \u201cKarl study,\u201d which stated flatly, \u201cThere is no discernable (statistical or otherwise) decrease in the rate of warming between the second half of the 20th century and the first 15 years of the 21st century.\u201d The report further asserted that IPCC\u2019s conclusion about a \u201cclimate warming hiatus\u201d was \u201cno longer valid.\u201d This report conveniently supported Barack Obama\u2019s climate alarmist agenda and his dubious claims of the science being \u201csettled,\u201d even though at the time there were several government scientists who raised objections over the reliability of the report, claiming the data was cooked.<\/p>\n
This prompted Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee to launch an inquiry into the claims of manipulation of climate data and records by officials at NOAA. However, much of the committee\u2019s efforts were frustrated over Obama\u2019s last year in office due to NOAA officials’ refusal to comply with records requests even upon the issuance of subpoenas.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, a recently retired top scientist from NOAA, Dr. John Bates, alleged that the Karl study report applied questionable data in order \u201cto discredit the notion of a global warming hiatus and rush[ed] to time the publication of the paper to influence national and international deliberations on climate policy.\u201d Rep. Smith responded to the latest revelation by saying that it \u201cjustified\u201d the committee\u2019s investigation into the matter. He added that, under the Trump administration, he trusts they will be able to get to the bottom of the matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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In an effort to refute findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that backed off of the anthropogenic climate change claims, sources now tell us that our own National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) flat-out lied about earlier findings in a report. A retired NOAA scientist recently came out to expose that the NOAA report was “doctored” to give the impression that the earlier IPCC findings were in error and should be disregarded.<\/p>\n