date: Tue Feb 1 15:40:12 2005 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: Request from Nature to: "Schiermeier, Quirin" Dear Quirin, Can you call me early tomorrow as I have a few things to finish today? Can you call between 08.30-09.30 tomorrow UK time, so one hour later your time? Number is +44 1603 592090 . I would prefer not to talk much about the GRL paper, as McIntyre and McKittirick are wrong and the paper should never have been accepted by GRL. There is a lot on this on this web site [1]http://www.realclimate.org/ . I know this site is partly run by Mike Mann. The GRL paper was not reviewed by paleo people but by hydrologists. The GRL paper is wrong because it just can't have been that warm in the 15th century. The paper is a complete outlier. Happy to talk about the Moberg et al. paper. I've seen an earlier draft, but I know from Anders that the results haven't changed since I heard him present it at a meeting in 2004. Cheers Phil At 14:59 01/02/2005, you wrote: Dear Dr Jones, I am working on a news article for Nature about the issue of temperature variability in the last 1,000 years, pegged to the lMcIntyre/McKitrick paper in GRL, and a paper by Anders Moberg in the 10 February issue in Nature. It would be interested in your viewpoint. Can I call you today or later this week? Thank you very much for your help with this. Sincerely, Quirin Schiemreier Quirin Schiermeier German Correspondent of Nature Josephspitalstrasse 15 D-80331 Munich Germany tel + 49 89 5490 5714 fax + 49 89 5490 5720 q.schiermeier@nature.com ******************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or one of its agents. Please note that neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept any responsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or its agents by means of e-mail communication. Macmillan Publishers Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 785998 Registered Office Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS ******************************************************************************** Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------