Hiding the Decline

About this book

In November 2009, hundreds of emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia were released onto the internet. The messages, sent between some of the world's most prominent climatologists revealed an extraordinary array of malpractice, with scientists manipulating data, breaching freedom of information laws and trying to crush dissenting views.Hiding the Decline is the definitive history of the Climategate affair, tracing the story back to its roots in the struggle over the notorious Hockey Stick graph, reviewing the explosive revelation of the emails themselves and then examining in forensic detail the cover-ups that followed.Including important new information about how the malfeasance of those involved in Climategate was whitewashed by the scientific establishment, Hiding the Decline is a both an important historical record and an entertaining story in its own right.