Oh I don't know, recently it was a student who examined the data and blew up Reinhart-Rogoff's assertion that 90% debt was a magic (and destructive) threshold.
On most issues a student can go against academic assertions. But "climate change" is untouchable due to the sizable grants universities pull in to provide research to support AGW assertions.
Global warming SHOCK: Earth’s natural coolant could be TWICE as powerful as first thought A NATURAL cooling process which reverses the effects of global warming could be nearly TWICE as powerful as scientists previously believed. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world...ock-Earth-s-natural-global-coolant-discovered Research has identified a natural system where volatile organic compounds (VOC) are emitted into the air from the sea. These VOCs cause the climate to cool and may explain why world temperatures have remained stable for around 15 years, despite widespread claims that global warming is out of control. (more at above url)