Climate scientists hope independent reviews will reverse public’s loss of trust

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk The two most influential advisory bodies on climate change are planning independent reviews of their research in an attempt to regain public trust after revelations about errors and the suppression of data. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to appoint an independent team to examine its procedures after admitting having made errors that exaggerated the severity of the impact of global warming. Two separate inquiries are being held into allegations that the unit tried to hide raw data from critics and exaggerated the extent of global warming. The allegations about climate scientists are believed to have contributed to a sharp rise in public scepticism about climate change. Data from 3,000 weather stations around the world has already been published on the Met Office website and it hopes that data from the remaining 2,500 will be available later this year. It said that the reassessment would take up to three years.