University of East Anglia rejects lost climate data claims

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/25/uea-rejects-lost-data-claims

University of East Anglia rejects lost climate data claims

Submission ahead of next week's parliamentary inquiry 'strongly rejects' accusations university lost or manipulated climate data

Press Association
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 February 2010 11.53 GMT

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The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has been under fire since hacked emails, which sceptics claimed showed scientists manipulating climate data, were leaked online last year.

In a submission to parliament's science and technology committee, which is investigating the disclosure of climate data from the unit, the university said it "strongly rejected" accusations that it had manipulated or selected figures to exaggerate global warming.

The university also denied suggestions that it had breached Freedom of Information rules by refusing to release raw data.

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And it insisted the CRU had not lost any primary data gathered from monitoring stations around the world.

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