{"id":274213,"date":"2023-08-17T20:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274213"},"modified":"2023-08-17T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:11:32","slug":"team-climate-crisis-resorts-to-bullying-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274213","title":{"rendered":"Team Climate Crisis Resorts to Bullying, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"274228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274228\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-28T132225.382.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-28T132225.382.jpeg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-2023-07-28T132225.382.jpeg?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opinion by Kip Hansen \u2014 16 August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"274215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-751.png?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-751\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-751.png?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-751.png?resize=306%2C153&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274215\" style=\"width:306px;height:153px\" width=\"306\" height=\"153\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One would think that the public relations fiasco that stuck climate science (and sullied the reputation of science in general) as a result of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/climategate\/\"><em>ClimateGate<\/em>\u00a0back in 2009<\/a>\u00a0would restrain climate scientists from attempting to suppress published peer-reviewed studies that they \u201cdon\u2019t like\u201d or the conclusions of which are \u201cnot helpful\u201d to their climate crisis advocacy positions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, it appears that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/think-of-the-implications-of-publishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Mann and his cronies are at it again<\/a>\u00a0forcing the retraction of a paper published last January (2022), in the\u00a0<em>European Physical Journal Plus\u00a0<\/em>(EPJP), a peer-reviewed academic journal (one of the 2,900 journals published through\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/us\">Springer Nature<\/a><\/em>).\u00a0 That \u00a0paper is titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1140\/epjp\/s13360-021-02243-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A critical assessment of extreme events trends in times of global warming<\/a>,\u201d by Gianluca Alimonti, Luigi Mariani, Franco Prodi and Renato Angelo Ricci.\u00a0 [hereafter, Alimonti (2022)].\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journal\u2019s website version of the paper currently shows this banner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"87\" data-attachment-id=\"274218\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=274218\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-752.png?fit=720%2C87&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,87\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-752\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-752.png?fit=720%2C87&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-752.png?resize=720%2C87&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-274218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-752.png?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-752.png?resize=300%2C36&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inestimable Roger Pielke Jr. covers the ongoing story on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his substack<\/a>\u00a0piece: \u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/think-of-the-implications-of-publishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Think of the Implications of Publishing<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 A whistleblower shares shocking details of corruption of peer review in climate science\u201d first published on Jul 17, 2023.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Do read Pielke\u2019s piece for his insight into all the gory details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basics are this:1.&nbsp; Alimomnti et al. write a paper that \u201creviews recent bibliography on time series of some extreme weather events and related response indicators in order to understand whether an increase in intensity and\/or frequency is detectable.\u201d (link to the paper above and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1140\/epjp\/s13360-021-02243-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to the .pdf here<\/a>).&nbsp; In other words, they look at published materials.2.&nbsp; As they are writing during the summer of 2021, they review papers before that time, including IPCC AR5, and a draft portion of AR6 (not yet published in final form).3.&nbsp; Their Abstract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basics are this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.\u00a0 Alimomnti et al. write a paper that \u201creviews recent bibliography on time series of some extreme weather events and related response indicators in order to understand whether an increase in intensity and\/or frequency is detectable.\u201d (link to the paper above and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1140\/epjp\/s13360-021-02243-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to the .pdf here<\/a>).\u00a0 In other words, they look at published materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.\u00a0 As they are writing during the summer of 2021, they review papers before that time, including IPCC AR5, and a draft portion of AR6 (not yet published in final form).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.\u00a0 Their Abstract:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Abstract\u00a0<\/strong>This article reviews recent bibliography on time series of some extreme weather<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">events and related response indicators in order to understand whether an increase in intensity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and\/or frequency is detectable. The most robust global changes in climate extremes are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">found in yearly values of heatwaves (number of days, maximum duration and cumulated heat),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">while global trends in heatwave intensity are not significant. Daily precipitation intensity and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">extreme precipitation frequency are stationary in the main part of the weather stations. Trend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">analysis of the time series of tropical cyclones show a substantial temporal invariance and the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">same is true for tornadoes in the USA. At the same time, the impact of warming on surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">wind speed remains unclear. The analysis is then extended to some global response indicators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of extreme meteorological events, namely natural disasters, floods, droughts, ecosystem productivity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and yields of the four main crops (maize, rice, soybean and wheat). None of these<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">response indicators show a clear positive trend of extreme events<strong>. In conclusion on the basis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>of observational data, the climate crisis that, according to many sources, we are experiencing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>today, is not evident yet.<\/strong>\u00a0It would be nevertheless extremely important to define mitigation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and adaptation strategies that take into account current trends.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[emphasis added \u2013 kh]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.\u00a0 Apparently, it is the bolded conclusion above that the following persons have complained about while calling for the paper to be retracted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sab.noaa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/HollandGreg_short.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greg Holland<\/a>\u00a0(CV .pdf) ;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lisa_Alexander_(earth_scientist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Alexander<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unsw.edu.au\/staff\/steven-sherwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Sherwood<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_E._Mann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Mann<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Friederike_Otto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friederike Otto<\/a>\u00a0;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stefan_Rahmstorf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stefan Rahmstorf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.\u00a0 Here I quote Roger Pielke Jr. from his substack (<a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/think-of-the-implications-of-publishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cTo be clear, there is absolutely no allegation of research fraud or misconduct here, just simple disagreement.\u00a0 Instead of countering arguments and evidence via the peer reviewed literature, activist scientists teamed up with activist journalists to pressure a publisher \u2013 Springer Nature, perhaps the world\u2019s most important scientific publisher \u2013 to retract a paper. Sadly, the pressure campaign worked.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Does this sound familiar at all?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u201cKevin and I will keep them out [of the IPCC report] somehow \u2014 even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!\u201d \u2014 Phil Jones ClimateGate email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full conclusion, which the Climate Crisis Advocates say should not have been published, and thus, must be retracted, is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cFearing a climate emergency without this being supported by data, means altering the framework of priorities with negative effects that could prove deleterious to our ability to face the challenges of the future, squandering natural and human resources in an economically difficult context, even more negative following the COVID emergency. This does not mean we should do nothing about climate change: we should work to minimize our impact on the planet and to minimize air and water pollution. Whether or not we manage to drastically curtail our carbon dioxide emissions in the coming decades, we need to reduce our vulnerability to extreme weather and climate events.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe need to remind ourselves that addressing climate change is not an end in itself, and that climate change is not the only problem that the world is facing. The objective should be to improve human well-being in the twenty-first century, while protecting the environment as much as we can and it would be a nonsense not to do so: it would be like not taking care of the house where we were born and raised.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alimonti and his co-authors wrote and re-wrote addenda attempting to satisfy complaints, but these were rejected despite their validity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prominent media (both partner members of the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/coveringclimatenow.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Covering Climate Now<\/a><\/em>\u00a0climate crisis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2019\/06\/22\/a-national-narrative-for-media-on-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">propaganda news cabal<\/a>) published attack articles, denigrating the authors and quoting the very same climate scientists that called for retraction.\u00a0 The Guardian (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/graham-readfearn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graham Readfearn<\/a>)\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/sep\/22\/sky-and-the-australian-find-no-evidence-of-a-climate-emergency-they-werent-looking-hard-enough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<em>Agence France-Presse<\/em>\u00a0appearing at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-09-scientists-urge-publisher-faulty-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">phys.org\u00a0<strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 So, it is not just Pielke Jr.\u2019s \u201c<em>activist journalists\u201d \u2013 it is the media outlets themselves which are climate-crisis activists \/ propagandists, colluding and cooperating with one another in a concerted attack effort.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only climate scientists to speak out about this suppression of good science are Judith Curry (in a tweet) and Roger Pielke Jr.\u00a0 (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/thread-extended-peer-review-of-the\/comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rogerpielkejr.substack.com\/p\/think-of-the-implications-of-publishing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks like\u00a0<em>Springer Nature<\/em>\u2019s journal\u00a0<em>European Physical Journal Plus\u00a0<\/em>(EPJP) is going to move and retract the paper \u2013 because they have allowed themselves to be bullied by the same crew (and\/or their activist \u00a0descendants) that brought us\u00a0<em>ClimateGate<\/em>\u00a0 fourteen years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where are the rest of the climate scientists?\u00a0 Hiding behind their academic desks, trembling lest the bullies target them also?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong># # # # #<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Author\u2019s Comment:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, while I agree fully with the chief findings of Alimonti et al.:\u00a0\u00a0<em>There is no climate emergency \u2013 there is no climate crisis<\/em>. \u00a0I would not have written the same \u201cConclusion\u201d section found at the end of their paper.\u00a0 However, they have every right to state their opinions clearly and as loudly as they wish \u2013 without having their paper attacked and suppressed by the climate crisis bullies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mann et al., if allowed to get away with this without push-back, will be re-energized to repeatedly bully journals into withdrawing\/retracting \u00a0papers that \u00a0fail to support their climate-alarm activist positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is appalling that a\u00a0<em>Springer Nature-<\/em>associated journal would allow itself to be bullied in this way.\u00a0 And equally appalling that the larger\u00a0<em>Springer Nature<\/em>\u00a0organization would not step in to prevent this type of cowardly caving-in to pressure from activists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know that many active climate scientists read here \u2013 though maybe not openly.\u00a0 Won\u2019t you speak out from your own positions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are we entering into a new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/climategate\/\">ClimateGate<\/a>\u00a0era in climate science, in which the bad actors rule and the majority, all good men and women, fail to call them out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are 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