US EditionClimate scientist admits editing paper to fit 'preapproved narratives'
- The lead author of a study on climate change and California wildfires admitted to omitting information that could detract from the narrative on the negative impact of climate change. The study, published in the journal Nature, found that human-caused climate warming has increased the frequency of fast-spreading wildfires.
- The author's admission has sparked controversy, with the journal Nature defending its editorial standards and stating that it does not have a preferred narrative. Peer reviewers had questioned the exclusion of variables other than climate change from the study.
- Despite the controversy, co-authors of the study emphasized the robustness of the research and its valuable contributions to understanding wildfire behavior. The study used artificial intelligence to analyze the relationship between temperature and wildfire growth, finding that extreme wildfires in California have increased by 25% due to human-caused warming.
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Scientist claims editors want climate papers that support 'preapproved narratives'
The 2015 Paris Agreement is a global pact to combat climate change under which all of the nations of the world voluntarily set their own nonbinding targets for reducing carbon emissions. DisobeyArt/Getty Images/iStockphoto Scientist claims editors want climate papers that support 'preapproved narratives' Asher Notheis September 10, 03:13 PM September 10, 03:13 PM Video Embed A scientist from California …
Scientist Publicly Admits to Omitting 'Full Truth' of Climate Wildfires Causes for Publication – Says It's Typical
Are both mainstream research and establishment media purposely misleading the public about wildfires’ root causes? A climate researcher appears to have affirmed this by exposing a “reward” system in prestigious research journals like Nature and the mainstream media’s handling of wildfire stories. Patrick Brown, an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University and co-director of the Climate and Energy Team at the Breakthrough Institute, shed…
Bay Area scientist says he ‘left out the full truth’ to get climate change wildfire study published in prestigious journal
A new study by a team of mostly Bay Area scientists that found human-caused climate warming has increased the frequency of extremely fast-spreading California wildfires has come into question from the unlikeliest of critics — its own lead author. Patrick T. Brown, climate team co-director at the nonprofit Breakthrough Institute in Berkeley and a visiting research professor at San Jose State University, said his Aug. 30 paper in the prestigious B…
Scientist shocks peers by 'tailoring' climate study
In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasise global warming. While supporters applauded Patrick T. Brown for flagging what he called a one-sided climate "narrative" in academic publishing, his move surprised at least one of his co-authors -- and angered the editors of leading journal Nature. "I left out the full truth to get…
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