The real holes in climate science

The real holes in climate science
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/1001...l/463284a.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100120/pdf/463284a.pdf

"The e-mails leaked from the University of East Anglia's Climatic
Research Unit (CRU) in November presented an early Christmas present to
climate-change denialists. Amid the more than 1,000 messages were
several controversial comments that — taken out of context — seemingly
indicate that climate scientists have been hiding a mound of dirty
laundry from the public.

"A fuller reading of the e-mails from CRU in Norwich, UK, does show a
sobering amount of rude behaviour and verbal faux pas, but nothing that
challenges the scientific consensus of climate change. Still, the
incident provides a good opportunity to point out that — as in any
active field of inquiry — there are some major gaps in the understanding
of climate science. In its most recent report in 2007, the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlighted 54 'key
uncertainties' that complicate climate science.