Climate Research (journal)
Encyclopedia
Climate Research is a peer-reviewed
scientific journal
published by the Inter-Research Science Center that was established in 1990. Its founder was Otto Kinne
. Three volumes are published each year. Climate Research covers all aspects of the interactions of climate with organisms, ecosystem
s, and human societies.
In 2006, a special issue of the journal, titled "Advances in Applying Climate Prediction to Agriculture", was published under open access.
and Sallie Baliunas
was published in the journal after being accepted by editor Chris de Freitas
. The article reviewed 240 previous papers and concluded that "Across the world, many records reveal that the 20th century is probably not the warmest or a uniquely extreme climatic period of the last millennium". In response to the controversy over the paper's publication, several scientists, including newly appointed editor-in-chief Hans von Storch
, resigned from the journal's editorial board.
Peer review
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scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
published by the Inter-Research Science Center that was established in 1990. Its founder was Otto Kinne
Otto Kinne
Otto Kinne is a German marine biologist. He was director of Germany's Biologische Anstalt Helgoland from 1962 to 1984. Since 1967 he has been a Professor at the University of Kiel. He established the Inter-Research Science Center and the International Ecology Institute in 1984, becoming the...
. Three volumes are published each year. Climate Research covers all aspects of the interactions of climate with organisms, ecosystem
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
s, and human societies.
In 2006, a special issue of the journal, titled "Advances in Applying Climate Prediction to Agriculture", was published under open access.
Soon and Baliunas controversy
In 2003, a controversial paper written by Willie SoonWillie Soon
Willie Wei-Hock Soon is an astrophysicist at the Solar and Stellar Physics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Soon has testified before Congress on the issue of climate change He is known for his views that most global warming is caused by solar variation...
and Sallie Baliunas
Sallie Baliunas
Sallie Baliunas is an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences Division and formerly Deputy Director of the Mount Wilson Observatory. She serves as Senior Scientist at the George C. Marshall Institute in Washington, DC, and...
was published in the journal after being accepted by editor Chris de Freitas
Chris de Freitas
Chris de Freitas is an Associate Professor in the School of Environment at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.-Education and professional career:...
. The article reviewed 240 previous papers and concluded that "Across the world, many records reveal that the 20th century is probably not the warmest or a uniquely extreme climatic period of the last millennium". In response to the controversy over the paper's publication, several scientists, including newly appointed editor-in-chief Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch is a German climate scientist. He is Professor at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg, and Director of the Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Research Centre in Geesthacht, Germany...
, resigned from the journal's editorial board.