I can understand the doubts Towering Q. It's ironic how Mann embraced one set of data from tree rings (the debunked Hockey Stick) that supports his POV, and then readily disses another far more extensive and authoritative study that appears open to criticism and replication. It seems to be sound evidence against the hypothesis of climate change, but give it a little while for other scientists to disect it. At least the information and data appears open to independent analysis and review. That's a change...
Your first quote might be designed to give the alarmists a means for a graceful exit. Who knows?
Last edited by Lodown; 12th Jul 2012 at 03:39.