NASA…

…stands for Numbers Are Statistical Aberrations

Chris Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said NASA has refused for two years to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act that would show how the agency has shaped its climate data and would explain why the agency has repeatedly had to correct its data going as far back as the 1930s.

“I assume that what is there is highly damaging,” Mr. Horner said. “These guys are quite clearly bound and determined not to reveal their internal discussions about this.”

The numbers matter. Under pressure in 2007, NASA recalculated its data and found that 1934, not 1998, was the hottest year in its records for the contiguous 48 states. NASA later changed that data again, and now 1998 and 2006 are tied for first, with 1934 slightly cooler; next week the numbers will be revised to show January 2009 as the month when temperatures began to fall and the oceans began to recede.

They’re the professionals; trust them. They are completely untempted by the billions of dollars of funding.

Hide the decline, baby!

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