New era of openness
Climate scientists at the UEA have been given funding to improve access to their research data. It follows recommendations from the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee.
“Clearly, confidence in research findings – among scientists and the general public – depends upon the underpinning data and methods being open, reusable and verifiable. What is more, researchers aren’t just producers of data; they are also consumers, so by funding projects which will improve practice and will give climate scientists and others better guidance on research data management JISC aims to help them make that data more usable and valuable,” he added.
3 independent reviews focused on hacked emails from climate scientists at UEA. The reviews found that the Climatic research Unit (CRU) researchers’ scientific rigour and honesty was not in doubt, but the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee said that climate scientists should take even more steps to make available all their supporting data in order that research findings should be properly verifiable.
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