Climate Scientist Steps Down
The fallout from the hacked emails is spreading. Read More...
* The Wall Street Journal
* DECEMBER 2, 2009, 4:35 A.M. ET
Climate Scientist Steps Down
British Researcher Leaves Post Temporarily Amid Probe Sparked by Hacked Emails
By KEITH JOHNSON, JEFFREY BALL and GAUTAM NAIK
Phil Jones, British scientist at the heart of a scandal over climate-change research temporarily stepped down as director of the University of East Anglia.
The announcement comes less than a week before world leaders are to meet for a climate summit in Copenhagen.
The fallout from the hacked emails is spreading. Penn State University confirmed Michael Mann -- a faculty climate scientist who figures prominently in the emails -- is under "inquiry" by the university.
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