Mann Hockey Stick Contradicted by New Study
Hot off the presses, there is a new study that has just been released by Craig Loehle, “A 2000-year global temperature reconstruction based on non-treering proxies. “ First here’s the punch line:
What this says basically is that, in keeping with medieval records suggesting a warm Europe for that period, that global temperature was warmer during that period than it is currently.
Obviously that’s a problem for believers in anthropogenic global warming.
I’ll note that this is in Energy & Environment, and there is some skepticism about the degree of true peer review for this journal. Nonetheless, the principle holds that “if a thing is true, it is true regardless of who said it”, it’s reasonable to treat this research skeptically, but to also start with the assumption of good faith on the part of Loehle.
I say that because we all know that he will be smeared by the left-wing for daring to question their views; and if not the journal he published his report in, then instead expect any cooperate funding his organization receives to be scruitinized. That does always seem to be a substitute for reason on their side.
