This is Climate One, changing the conversation about energy, economy, and the environment.

In 1999, a team of climate scientists published a paper showing global temperature records over the past

1,000 years, illustrated by what has come to be known as the Hockey Stick graph.

Little did I realize that with the publication of those papers,

whether I liked it or not,

I was going to find myself at the center of this raging societal debate

about climate change.

That's Dr. Michael Mann, one of the authors of the paper.

Following the release of the report,

Mann found himself under attack by climate change skeptics and conservative politicians

bent on discrediting his work.

If we could just find an email that would embarrass Mike Mann, then the entire weight of

evidence for climate change would come crashing down like a house of cards.

Climate Wars, a view from the trenches. Up next on Climate One.

How can a hockey stick help us understand the reality of global warming?

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