claim: The "decline" refers to a decline in northern tree-rings, not global temperature, and is openly discussed in papers and the IPCC reports.
evidences.evidence_id: Climatic Research Unit documents:67
evidences.article: Climatic Research Unit documents
evidences.evidence: The implications of the decline are discussed in Chapter 2 of the IPCC Third Assessment Report, and in Chapter 6 of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) which describes discussion of various possible reasons for the divergence which does not affect all the trees, and says that there is no consensus about the cause.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Climatic Research Unit documents:81
evidences.article: Climatic Research Unit documents
evidences.evidence: Several scientific sources state that the decline being referred to is a decline in tree ring climate proxy metrics, not temperature.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Climatic Research Unit documents:89
evidences.article: Climatic Research Unit documents
evidences.evidence: The issues with tree rings had not been hidden, but were extensively discussed in scientific literature and in IPCC reports.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Climatic Research Unit email controversy:44
evidences.article: Climatic Research Unit email controversy
evidences.evidence: This "decline" referred to the well-discussed tree-ring divergence problem, but these two phrases were taken out of context by global warming sceptics, including US Senator Jim Inhofe and former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin, as though they referred to some decline in measured global temperatures, even though they were written when temperatures were at a record high.
evidences.votes: REFUTES SUPPORTS SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:157
evidences.article: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
evidences.evidence: "Robust findings" of the Synthesis report include: "Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level".
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO