There was a wild scramble on Wednesday about the death of the manmade global warming theory, except the authors didn't exist, nor their institution, nor the journal. It took two minutes to find this out, so what was the purpose? Just a prank?
From the hoax site:
Carbon dioxide production by benthic bacteria: the death of manmade global warming theory?
Journal of Geoclimatic Studies (2007) 13:3. 223-231
www.geoclimaticstudies.info/bent...a.htm
Journal of Geoclimatic Studies (2007) 13:3. 223-231
www.geoclimaticstudies.info/bent...a.htm
The hoax text: These findings place us in a difficult position. We feel an obligation to publish, both in the cause of scientific objectivity and to prevent a terrible mistake - with extremely costly implications - from being made by the world's governments. But we recognize that in doing so, we lay our careers on the line. As we have found in seeking to broach this issue gently with colleagues, and in attempting to publish these findings in other peer-reviewed journals, the "consensus" on climate change is enforced not by fact but by fear. We have been warned, collectively and individually, that in bringing our findings to public attention we are not only likely to be deprived of all future sources of funding, but that we also jeopardize the funding of the departments for which we work.
We believe that academic intimidation of this kind contradicts the spirit of open enquiry in which scientific investigations should be conducted. We deplore the aggressive responses we encountered before our findings were published, and fear the reaction this paper might provoke. But dangerous as these findings are, we feel we have no choice but to publish.
FULL PAPER at www.geoclimaticstudies.info/bent...a.htm
Daniel A Klein*, Mandeep J Gupta*, Philip Cooper**, Arne FR Jansson**.
*Department of Climatology, University of Arizona;
**Department of Atmospheric Physics, Göteborgs Universitet (University of Gothenburg, Sweden.)
It turns out to be a fraud that was created by a certain David Thorpe in Wales UK (coincidence - where George Monbiot lives...!). He has admitted creating the website and then taking it down.
bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11...trating/
"Subhoaxing for Global Warming: The Journal of Geoclimatic Studies
The global warming hoax is getting sophisticated enough to spawn subhoaxes intended to discredit the resistance. A site calling itself Journal of Geoclimatic Studies is down now, probably permanently. Slick enough to temporarily trick even Rush Limbaugh, it claimed that global warming is caused by ocean bacteria. The findings were fictional, and the entire site was a hoax, as warned by Blue Crab Boulevard."
bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/11...trating/
"Subhoaxing for Global Warming: The Journal of Geoclimatic Studies
The global warming hoax is getting sophisticated enough to spawn subhoaxes intended to discredit the resistance. A site calling itself Journal of Geoclimatic Studies is down now, probably permanently. Slick enough to temporarily trick even Rush Limbaugh, it claimed that global warming is caused by ocean bacteria. The findings were fictional, and the entire site was a hoax, as warned by Blue Crab Boulevard."