Arctic scientist who wrote of drowned polar bears faces ‘integrity’ probe

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A July 2008 file photo shows a polar bear standing on an ice flow in Baffin Bay. - A July 2008 file photo shows a polar bear standing on an ice flow in Baffin Bay. | Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

Arctic scientist who wrote of drowned polar bears faces ‘integrity’ probe

BECKY BOHRER

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A U.S. wildlife biologist whose observation in 2004 of presumably drowned polar bears in the Arctic helped to galvanize the global warming movement has been placed on administrative leave and is being investigated for scientific misconduct, possibly over the veracity of that article.

Charles Monnett, an Anchorage-based scientist with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, or BOEMRE, was told July 18 that he was being put on leave, pending results of an investigation into “integrity issues.” But he has not yet been informed by the inspector general’s office of specific charges or questions related to the scientific integrity of his work, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

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One Reply to “Arctic scientist who wrote of drowned polar bears faces ‘integrity’ probe”

  1. It is about time they started taking a good hard look at the people who have been faking the global warming reports.