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Mann has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and prizes, including selection as one of the 50 leading visionaries in Science and Technology by '']'', the outstanding scientific publication award of the ] (NOAA), and recognition by the ] (ISI) for notable citation of his refereed scientific research. He is one of several climate scientists who contribute to the award-winning ] blog. Mann has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and prizes, including selection as one of the 50 leading visionaries in Science and Technology by '']'', the outstanding scientific publication award of the ] (NOAA), and recognition by the ] (ISI) for notable citation of his refereed scientific research. He is one of several climate scientists who contribute to the award-winning ] blog.


Mann is the lead author of 39 scientific publications and co-author on an additional 55 publications, the majority of which have appeared in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals. He was a Lead Author on the “” chapter of the ] (IPCC) ] (2001).<ref name="PSU Report" /> He is the lead author or co-author of over 90 scientific publications, the majority of which have appeared in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals. He was a Lead Author on the “” chapter of the ] (IPCC) ] (2001).<ref name="PSU Report" />


==Climate change controversies==
He is best known for his ] ']' reconstructions of climatic fluctuations over the past several millennia, based on evidence from tree rings, ice cores, corals and other physical proxies. Such reconstructions have been the subject of some controversy; see ] for an overview. Mann's recent work has been on modelling ], and he has said that "we are already committed to 50 to 100 years of global warming and several centuries of ]" and that reduction in ] emissions is required to slow the process down to a level that can be coped with.<ref name="Human">{{cite book |title=Critical Perspectives on World Climate |chapter=The Ongoing Debate over Climate Change |last=Appell |first=David |editor=Katy Human |year=2006 |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |isbn=1404206884 |pages=163–4}}</ref>. In an interview in ] in March 2010 he stated that his findings had been "independently verified by independent teams using alternative methods and alternative data sources"<ref name=Warner_2010-03-28_TMC />.


Mann is best known for his work on the ], which has involved reconstructing climatic fluctuations over the past several millennia, based on evidence from tree rings, ice cores, corals and other physical ]. This work has been the subject of ] focusing on a graph dubbed the "hockey stick" published in a 1998 study co-authored with ] and ]. The graph has been a focus of attacks from those opposed to the ].<ref name="Part three guardian">{{cite web |url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/09/hockey-stick-graph-ipcc-report |title=Part three: Hockey stick graph took pride of place in IPCC report, despite doubts &#124; Environment |author=Fred Pearce |authorlink=Fred Pearce |date=9 February 2010 |publisher=The Guardian |quote= |accessdate=2010-03-08}}</ref> The conclusions represented by the graph were nonetheless endorsed by the US ] in a 2006 report.<ref name=Brumfiel06>{{cite journal |author=Brumfiel G |title=Academy affirms hockey-stick graph |journal=Nature |volume=441 |issue=7097 |pages=1032–3 |year=2006 |month=June |doi=10.1038/4411032a |url = http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7097/full/4411032a.html |pmid=16810211}}</ref> Mann has noted that his findings have been "independently verified by independent teams using alternative methods and alternative data sources"<ref name=Warner_2010-03-28_TMC />. More than a dozen subsequent scientific papers, using various statistical techniques and combinations of proxy records, produced reconstructions broadly similar to the original "hockey stick" graph. Almost all of them supported the conclusion that the warmest decade in the last thousand years was probably that at the end of the 20th century.<ref name="Part four guardian">{{cite web |url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/09/hockey-stick-michael-mann-steve-mcintyre |title=Part four: Climate change debate overheated after sceptics grasped 'hockey stick' &#124; Environment |author=Fred Pearce |authorlink=Fred Pearce |date=9 February 2010 |publisher=The Guardian |quote= |accessdate=2010-03-08}}</ref>
⚫ In November 2009, some of Mann's correspondence with fellow climate researchers was among the hacked e-mails at the centre of the ].<ref name='AP 2009-11-21'>{{cite news | title=Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming | date=2009-11-21 | publisher=Associated Press | url =http://www.startribune.com/science/70700047.html | accessdate = 2009-11-24 }}</ref> Mann rejected allegations of wrongdoing, commenting that the e-mails had been "misrepresented, cherry-picked ... completely twisted to imply the opposite of what was actually being said". <ref>{{cite news |author=Irvine C. |title=Climategate: Phil Jones accused of making error of judgment by colleague |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6718183/Climategate-Phil-Jones-accused-of-making-error-of-judgment-by-colleague.html |publisher=] |date=2009-12-03 }}</ref> Two reviews by ] in 2010 cleared Mann of any research misconduct, stating that "there is no substance" to the allegations against him <ref name="PSU Findings">{{cite web|url=http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf|title=RA-10 Inquiry Report: Concerning the Allegations of Research Misconduct Against Dr. Michael E. Mann, Department of Meteorology, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University |last=Foley|first=Henry C.|coauthors=Alan W. Scaroni and Candice A. Yekel|date=3 February 2010|publisher=]|accessdate=7 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="PSU Report">{{cite web|url=http://live.psu.edu/fullimg/userpics/10026/Final_Investigation_Report.pdf|title=Final Investigation Report Involving Dr. Michael E. Mann|date=June 4, 2010|publisher=]|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref>; Mann welcomed these findings <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essc.psu.edu/essc_web/news/MannInquiryStatement.html |title=ESSC Director Mann comments on Penn State RA-10 Inquiry |work=Earth System Science Center — News and Events |publisher=PennState }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essc.psu.edu/essc_web/news/MannInquiryStatementFinal.html |title=Final Findings of the Penn State RA-10 Investigation Released |work=Earth System Science Center — News and Events |publisher=PennState }}</ref>.


⚫ In November 2009, some of Mann's correspondence with fellow climate researchers was among the hacked e-mails at the centre of the ].<ref name='AP 2009-11-21'>{{cite news | title=Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming | date=2009-11-21 | publisher=Associated Press | url =http://www.startribune.com/science/70700047.html | accessdate = 2009-11-24 }}</ref> Mann rejected allegations of wrongdoing, commenting that the e-mails had been "misrepresented, cherry-picked ... completely twisted to imply the opposite of what was actually being said".<ref>{{cite news |author=Irvine C. |title=Climategate: Phil Jones accused of making error of judgment by colleague |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6718183/Climategate-Phil-Jones-accused-of-making-error-of-judgment-by-colleague.html |publisher=] |date=2009-12-03 }}</ref> Two reviews by ] in 2010 cleared Mann of any research misconduct, stating that "there is no substance" to the allegations against him, though criticizing him for sharing unpublished manuscripts with third parties.<ref name="PSU Findings">{{cite web|url=http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf|title=RA-10 Inquiry Report: Concerning the Allegations of Research Misconduct Against Dr. Michael E. Mann, Department of Meteorology, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University |last=Foley|first=Henry C.|coauthors=Alan W. Scaroni and Candice A. Yekel|date=3 February 2010|publisher=]|accessdate=7 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="PSU Report">{{cite web|url=http://live.psu.edu/fullimg/userpics/10026/Final_Investigation_Report.pdf|title=Final Investigation Report Involving Dr. Michael E. Mann|date=June 4, 2010|publisher=]|accessdate=July 2, 2010}}</ref> Mann welcomed these findings, commenting that they "should finally put to rest the baseless allegations against me and my research."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essc.psu.edu/essc_web/news/MannInquiryStatement.html |title=ESSC Director Mann comments on Penn State RA-10 Inquiry |work=Earth System Science Center — News and Events |publisher=PennState }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essc.psu.edu/essc_web/news/MannInquiryStatementFinal.html |title=Final Findings of the Penn State RA-10 Investigation Released |work=Earth System Science Center — News and Events |publisher=PennState }}</ref>
⚫ In May 2010, Virginia Attorney General ] served a civil investigative demand on the ] seeking a broad range of documents relating to Mann's work there as a researcher between 2001-2005, alleging that the hacked e-mails indicated that fraud may have been committed.<ref>{{cite news|last=Helderman|first=Rosalind S.|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304139.html|title=State attorney general demands ex-professor's files from University of Virginia|date=2010-05-04|work=Washington Post}}</ref> The allegation was rejected by Mann and was strongly criticised by scientific and civil liberties organizations and hundreds of individual scientists as unfounded, entirely unwarranted and an attack on ].<ref name="Walker_2010-05-19_Virginian-Pilot" /> The University filed suit to overturn the demand, citing protection under the ] and stating that Cuccinelli did not have the authority to demand the documents.<ref name="McNeill_2010-05-28_CDP" />

⚫ Virginia Attorney General ] began ] in April 2010 focusing on his work at the University of Virginia between 1999-2005. He served a civil investigative demand on the university seeking a broad range of documents, alleging that the hacked e-mails indicated that fraud may have been committed in relation to the award of four grants.<ref>{{cite news|last=Helderman|first=Rosalind S.|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/03/AR2010050304139.html|title=State attorney general demands ex-professor's files from University of Virginia|date=2010-05-04|work=Washington Post}}</ref> The allegation was rejected by Mann and was strongly criticized by scientific and civil liberties organizations and hundreds of individual scientists as being unfounded, entirely unwarranted and an attack on ].<ref name="Walker_2010-05-19_Virginian-Pilot" /> The university filed suit to overturn the demand, citing protection under the ] and charging that Cuccinelli was exceeding his authority.<ref name="McNeill_2010-05-28_CDP" />


==Selected publications == ==Selected publications ==

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Michael E. Mann
Born (1965-12-28) 28 December 1965 (age 59)
Nationality United States
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley, Yale University
Known forHockey stick graph, Dendroclimatology
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University, University of Virginia

Michael E. Mann (born 28 December 1965) is an American climatologist, and author of numerous peer-reviewed journal publications. He is best known as lead author of a number of articles on paleoclimate and as one of the originators of a graph of temperature trends dubbed the "hockey stick graph" for its hockey stick-like shape. The graph was highlighted in an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, receiving both praise and criticism, and has been the subject of a long-running controversy.

Career and awards

From 1999 to 2005 Mann taught at the University of Virginia, in the Department of Environmental Sciences. In 2009 he was promoted to professor at Pennsylvania State University, in the Department of Meteorology and Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and since 2005 has been Director of the university's interdepartmental Earth System Science Center.

He has been organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences 'Frontiers of Science' and has served as a committee member or advisor for other National Academy of Sciences panels. He served as editor for the Journal of Climate and has been a member of numerous international and U.S. scientific advisory panels and steering groups.

Mann has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and prizes, including selection as one of the 50 leading visionaries in Science and Technology by Scientific American, the outstanding scientific publication award of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and recognition by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) for notable citation of his refereed scientific research. He is one of several climate scientists who contribute to the award-winning RealClimate blog.

He is the lead author or co-author of over 90 scientific publications, the majority of which have appeared in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals. He was a Lead Author on the “Observed Climate Variability and Change” chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report (2001).

Climate change controversies

Mann is best known for his work on the temperature record of the past 1000 years, which has involved reconstructing climatic fluctuations over the past several millennia, based on evidence from tree rings, ice cores, corals and other physical proxies. This work has been the subject of a long-running controversy focusing on a graph dubbed the "hockey stick" published in a 1998 study co-authored with Malcolm K. Hughes and Raymond S. Bradley. The graph has been a focus of attacks from those opposed to the scientific consensus on climate change. The conclusions represented by the graph were nonetheless endorsed by the US National Academy of Sciences in a 2006 report. Mann has noted that his findings have been "independently verified by independent teams using alternative methods and alternative data sources". More than a dozen subsequent scientific papers, using various statistical techniques and combinations of proxy records, produced reconstructions broadly similar to the original "hockey stick" graph. Almost all of them supported the conclusion that the warmest decade in the last thousand years was probably that at the end of the 20th century.

In November 2009, some of Mann's correspondence with fellow climate researchers was among the hacked e-mails at the centre of the Climatic Research Unit email controversy. Mann rejected allegations of wrongdoing, commenting that the e-mails had been "misrepresented, cherry-picked ... completely twisted to imply the opposite of what was actually being said". Two reviews by Pennsylvania State University in 2010 cleared Mann of any research misconduct, stating that "there is no substance" to the allegations against him, though criticizing him for sharing unpublished manuscripts with third parties. Mann welcomed these findings, commenting that they "should finally put to rest the baseless allegations against me and my research."

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli began an investigation of Mann in April 2010 focusing on his work at the University of Virginia between 1999-2005. He served a civil investigative demand on the university seeking a broad range of documents, alleging that the hacked e-mails indicated that fraud may have been committed in relation to the award of four grants. The allegation was rejected by Mann and was strongly criticized by scientific and civil liberties organizations and hundreds of individual scientists as being unfounded, entirely unwarranted and an attack on academic freedom. The university filed suit to overturn the demand, citing protection under the First Amendment and charging that Cuccinelli was exceeding his authority.

Selected publications

References

  1. "Curriculum Vitae for Michael E. Mann". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ^ "Final Investigation Report Involving Dr. Michael E. Mann" (PDF). The Pennsylvania State University. June 4, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
  3. Fred Pearce (9 February 2010). "Part three: Hockey stick graph took pride of place in IPCC report, despite doubts | Environment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  4. Brumfiel G (2006). "Academy affirms hockey-stick graph". Nature. 441 (7097): 1032–3. doi:10.1038/4411032a. PMID 16810211. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. Warner, Frank (2010-01-03). "Penn State climate professor: 'I'm a skeptic'". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on 2010-07-06. Retrieved 2010-07-06. And in a wide-ranging interview, Mann says that not all global warming science is settled. It's not yet certain, for example, that the heat is reducing the world population of polar bears or that it increases the number of hurricanes, he said.
  6. Fred Pearce (9 February 2010). "Part four: Climate change debate overheated after sceptics grasped 'hockey stick' | Environment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  7. "Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming". Associated Press. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
  8. Irvine C. (2009-12-03). "Climategate: Phil Jones accused of making error of judgment by colleague". Daily Telegraph.
  9. Foley, Henry C. (3 February 2010). "RA-10 Inquiry Report: Concerning the Allegations of Research Misconduct Against Dr. Michael E. Mann, Department of Meteorology, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University" (PDF). The Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 7 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. "ESSC Director Mann comments on Penn State RA-10 Inquiry". Earth System Science Center — News and Events. PennState.
  11. "Final Findings of the Penn State RA-10 Investigation Released". Earth System Science Center — News and Events. PennState.
  12. Helderman, Rosalind S. (2010-05-04). "State attorney general demands ex-professor's files from University of Virginia". Washington Post.
  13. Walker, Julian (2010-05-19). "Academics fight Cuccinelli's call for climate-change records". The Virginian-Pilot.
  14. McNeill, Brian (2010-05-28). "UVa fights inquiry by Cuccinelli". Charlottesville Daily Progress.

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