Eugene S. Takle
© 2005
Questions on the validity of the paleoclimate reconstruction of Mann et al. (1998, 1999) have been raised by McIntyre and McKitrick, (2005) and in a letter to Nature about a year earlier. A rebuttal has been posted on the RealClimate website. Additional comments have been published by Kerr (2005).
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