Episode 902 • • 1:49:23 - 1:53:59
902: Morally Obtuse
ClimateGate, NOAA Data Manipulation, John Bates
Whistleblower John Bates, a former lead scientist at NOAA, alleged that the agency manipulated data to hide a "global warming hiatus" ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate Summit. Bates claimed that high-quality buoy data was discarded in favor of flawed ship data to make the oceans appear warmer. The discussion notes that Wikipedia has since banned the Daily Mail as a source after it broke the story.