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Sham Study Tricks Climate Skeptics

Warming blamed on bacteria; pundits trumpeted the news

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 12, 2007 7:45 PM CST

(Newser) – Turns out undersea bacteria don’t cause global warming after all. But they were on trial for 70 minutes last week after a British prof's email chain linked to a sham study. Climate skeptics and conservatives—Rush Limbaugh included—trumpeted the study until a University...   Read full story »

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