Is it safe?

The UEA seems to be much better at losing data than they are at maintaining it.

This is a bad joke. Supposedly this is the most important problem of humanity, and these jolly good chaps think it is their gentleman's game, and that they better keep out the plebs while they go about their business.

Hitting the Proverbial Nail

Steve McIntyre, as always slightly sarcastic, hits the nail on the head:

Mann himself was honored as a new AGU Fellow for his achievements in orientation-neutral and low-verification paleoclimate reconstructions, with special citation to his innovative use of upside-down sediments and success in popularizing reconstructions with verification r2 of 0.

Warning: Contains Gleick.

Save The Poor From Climate Change!

Willis Eschenbach asks "exactly which poor are they supposed to be saving, and from what?"