1,700 U.K. scientists back climate science
By Associated Press
Thu, Dec 10 2009 at 6:25 AM EST
UP TO US: Although there are climate skeptics, there are many who believe humans can change the world. (Photo: ZUMA Press) Over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence for human-made climate change in the wake of hacked e-mails that emboldened climate skeptics.
E-mails stolen from an English university appeared to show scientists discussing ways to shield data from public scrutiny and suppress others' work. Climate skeptics — those who deny that human activity is responsible for global warming — have seized on the correspondence as evidence that scientists have conspired to hide the facts.
Most scientists say the e-mails do nothing to undermine the evidence for climate change.
More than 1,700 signed a statement released Thursday, saying they had confidence in the evidence for global warming "and the scientific basis for concluding that it is due primarily to human activities."
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