The issue focused on the study of Paul M. Huth, a computer scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The general science community was left in the dark as to what these studies were all about. It has been called "a massive scientific black hole" that researchers have had no access to.

In an article published by Science News, scientists who study climate change research said they are looking into what went wrong. "It is very important that we get this right," said Andrew Dessler, director