No climate conspiracy: NOAA temperature adjustments bring data closer to pristine | Dana Nuccitelli

A new study finds that NOAA temperature adjustments are doing exactly what they're supposed to

Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) has embarked upon a witch-hunt against climate scientists at NOAA, accusing them of conspiring to fudge global temperature data. However, a new study has found that the adjustments NOAA makes to the raw temperature data bring them closer to measurements from a reference network of pristinely-located temperature stations.