date: Tue May 27 15:36:50 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: Your Nature paper - press release details
to: Michael Mann <mann@meteo.psu.edu>, Gavin Schmidt <gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov>

    Mike, Gavin,
       Attached is the press release.  Also below you can see
    what Nature will use in their News item. Dave Thompson has tried to
    get them to change 'from' to 'in' at the end of the first paragraph.
    Hopefully they will make this important change.
       I've still not seen the N&V item.
       Embargo time is given again. 1300 your time tomorrow.  I wouldn't put
    it up too quick after this as it might appear to be collusion.
       There are a number of threads on CA yesterday related to when papers were
    accepted that were referred to in the various drafts and the final version in the AR4.
    It is as though they haven't got anything better to do!  This seems
    to be their level though as it doesn't involve the science. Lots of
    snipping going on as well - some comments must be personal for McIntyre
    to restrict them.  No doubt we will be getting some more FOI requests.
      In the UK we have to ask the people who we are corresponding with if they
    are happy to make emails available. All are saying no, so making it easier
    for us.
    Cheers
    Phil

     To: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>,
             Mike Wallace <wallace@atmos.washington.edu>,
             John Kennedy <john.kennedy@metoffice.gov.uk>
     From: David Thompson <davet@atmos.colostate.edu>
     Subject: Fwd: Your Nature paper - press release details
     Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 20:52:52 +0100
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     All,
     Here is Nature's press release. They note they can't change any of the text, but I've
     argued they need to change one word at the end of the last paragraph (see my email
     below, and the release below that).
     Please also see the warnings about the embargo on this press release.
     -Dave
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     From: David Thompson <[4]davet@atmos.colostate.edu>
     Date: May 23, 2008 8:50:23 PM BDT
     To: "Twinn, Rachel" <[5]r.twinn@nature.com>
     Subject: Re: Your Nature paper - press release details
     Rachel,
     The release looks OK. But I think you should change one word in the first paragraph.
     Right now the last 4 words of the paragraph state:  "from the mid-twentieth century."
     They should state: "in the mid-twentieth century"
     The difference is very, very important. What is currently written suggests the record
     will change from the mid century to now. That's not correct, and it will cause a lot of
     confusion in the general public. The record will change in the mid century, but not in
     the recent decades.
     I hope you can change this one word.
     Thanks,
     -Dave
     On May 23, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Twinn, Rachel wrote:

     Dear Author,

     We are pleased to inform you that your paper entitled A large discontinuity in the
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     Featured press release entry:

     Climate records: A cold snap explained (pp 646-649; N&V)

     Scientists have spotted a large discontinuity in the record of twentieth-century
     global-mean surface temperature. A study in Nature this week suggests that an abrupt
     temperature drop in 1945 previously interpreted to be part of a larger cooling trend is
     actually due to uncorrected instrumental biases introduced when measuring temperatures
     at sea. The discovery solves a long-standing mystery in climate change research and will
     have a significant impact on the historical record of temperatures from the
     mid-twentieth century.
     The record of global-mean temperatures from the last 100 years is the most widely
     recognized time series in climate change research, providing key evidence for global
     warming and a crucial tool used to distinguish between anthropogenically induced warming
     and natural climate variability. Until now it was thought to be largely free of
     substantial uncorrected instrument biases.
     David Thompson and colleagues reanalysed the record while filtering out background noise
     from natural events such as El Nio. They then studied all the prominent drops in
     temperature and managed to match all except one in late 1945 to a volcanic eruption
     occurring at the time. This marked drop in temperature was not associated with any known
     climate phenomenon but did coincide with a significant change in shipboard
     instrumentation used to collect data. After the Second World War, measurements were
     transferred from US ships, which relied on engine room intake measurements, to UK ships,
     which used a different method known as uninsulated bucket measurements.
                 The authors suggest that although correcting this error is likely to change
     the form of parts of the overall record, particularly in the middle twentieth century,
     it is unlikely to significantly affect estimates of century-long trends in global-mean
     temperatures.
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