US Agency Fudging Global Temperature Data

          A British newspaper, the Telegraph, reveals that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA­) has been fudging the global warming data. A section of NOAA, known as the US Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), has been replacing real temperatures with data “fabricated” by computer models. The effect of this has been to downgrade earlier temperatures and to exaggerate those from recent decades, to give the impression that the Earth has been warming, when in fact it has been cooling since the ‘30s.

          If one takes the graph using actual temperatures measured at the time, there is a clear cooling. If one takes the graph using the USHCN computer adjusted temperatures, there has been warming at a rate equivalent to more than 3 degrees centigrade per century.

          Fudging data to make a political point is obnoxious, especially when conducted by a government agency that is supposed to be dealing in scientific fact.

          In this case, the data fudging only casts another shadow on the reliability and integrity of US government operations. In fact, are not really much interested in an observation of whether there is global warming or not. The main heat source to the earth is from the sun and that is variable. It is probable bad global warming could occur without any input by man. Archaeological data prove that point.

          The key issue is whether carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have any significant effect on global warming. The answer is “no”. No one has ever shown a connection between carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and global temperatures.

          The whole matter of man-made global warming from carbon dioxide is until now a hoax perpetrated on the public by government for political advantage. The mere fact that USHCN has fudged the global temperature data is another indication that we cannot trust government in its CO2/global warming claim.