This finely crafted piece by an eminent professor of meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology draws careful lines, niether overplaying the significance of leaked e-mails between prominent advocates of the theory of anthropogenic global warming, nor dismissing the importance of this event. More importantly, the author draws on his extensive knowledge of climate change science, and he provides valuable perspective to lay readers who often find it difficult to judge the facts that underpin the current debate.

The Wall Street Journal is hardly a scientific journal, and has a conflict of interest via their relation to big business financial concerns. Here, peer review and critique of Lindzen's contrary evaluations are not present. Lindzen's credentials are not fully described.