Professor Phil Jones in the Eye of the Storm

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Mick Shaw

16 February, 2010

The director of University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit has been caught in the middle of a media storm. Professor Phil Jones and his team had hacked emails to conceal major flaws in temperature data in China.

The director of University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit has been caught in the middle of a media storm. Professor Phil Jones, who is famous among the scientific community for refining the instrument temperature record, also played a significant role in the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers.

There was evidence that his team had hacked emails in order to conceal the major flaws in the temperature data of China. His recent research on global warming was highly anticipated by the meteorologists and climatologists of the world, and this news came as a bolt from the blue for the climatologists, who were having high expectations from the project. The Chinese temperature data was a crucial element of Professor Jones’ research on global warming.

As of now, Professor Jones has decided to stand down as Climate Research Unit’s director, until the independent investigations have clarified the issue to the media