If true, a revealed systematic fraud of this magnitude will surely not only bury AGW once and for all but, as Philip Stott anxiously observes, this ultimately inevitable outcome may well bring all of science into disrepute as a result.
The web is alight with excitement over the hacked data.
A word of caution, however – although the CRU’s director Philip Jones has confirmed that the material is genuine, with so much of the hacked material now floating around it is possible that some or all of it may take on a different complexion in its true context.
On the face of it, however, it looks extremely damning.
Read about it here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.