Roots of the CrisisClimate Data Fraud Triggers Global Academic Trust CrisisRoots of the Crisis
Nature retracted six landmark climate studies after whistleblowers exposed tampering in datasets used to model Arctic ice melt. Internal emails revealed NCAR scientists inflated temperature readings by 0.5°C–1.2°C to “align with policy urgency.” The fraud, spanning 15 countries, implicates 47 researchers and has triggered lawsuits from governments that relied on flawed data to design net-zero policies.