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3 2. But then the shock of CLIMATEGATE, circa 2009, reverberated throughout the climate change community. The revelation, due to an unauthorized release of HADCRU emails from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia(part of the IPCC), that some researchers were manipulating climate data to make it appear the earth was heating up dangerously, was a game-changer for ethical scientists who had previously trusted the IPCC to present honest and accurate reports. The emails revealed that a number of IPCC authors (1) had evaded FOIA requests for data, (2) had cherry-picked data, (3) had manipulated the peer review process, (4) had downplayed uncertainty, and(5) had otherwise attempted to squash and discredit skeptics. The IPCC had been funded to study/discover only negative, anthropogenic influences on climate change, thus avoiding a comprehensive look at all influences and all results, both positive and negative, which would have been the most scientific approach to the topic. And Climategate was, apparently, one result of this narrow directive. In the aftermath of Climategate, one scientist—Judith Curry—posted this commentary6 "ON THE CREDIBILITY OF CLIMATE RESEARCH" on Climate Audit, an award- winning skeptics blog'. The Climate Audit site is worth reviewing, to read alternate professional viewpoints on issues (the essence of what science is supposed to do— discuss/debate in an arena where all information is welcomed, where all voices may be heard). '��I @K �[ rd winner Prof. Curry points to the need for the climate scientists to do better at making data publicly available, to be completely transparent about their methods, to be honest about uncertainties, and to be more respectful to scientists critical of the research. "..two broader issues raised by these emails that are impeding the public credibility of climate research: lack of transparency in climate data, and "tribalism"in some segments of the climate research community that is impeding peer review and the assessment process." School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta,Georgia;National Center for Atmospheric Research,Boulder,Colorado CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:Judith A.Curry,School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,Georgia Institute of Technology,311 Ferst Drive,Atlanta.,GA 30332-0340,E-mail:curryjaneas.gatech.edu 6 hops://climateaudit.org/2009/11/22/curry-on-the-credibility-of-climate-research/ 'hLtps://climateaudit.org/author/stevemciptyre/re/