A jury on Thursday awarded $1 million to climate scientist Michael Mann, who sued a pair of conservative writers 12 years ago after they compared his depictions of global warming to a convicted child molester.

Mann, a professor of climate science at the University of Pennsylvania, rose to fame for a graph first published in 1998 in the journal Nature that was dubbed the “hockey stick” for its dramatic illustration of a warming planet.

The work brought Mann wide exposure but also many skeptics, including the two writers Mann took to court for comments that he said affected his career and reputation in the U.S. and internationally.

“It feels great,” Mann said Thursday after the six-person jury delivered its verdict. “It’s a good day for us, it’s a good day for science.”

  • @[email protected]
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    811 months ago

    They actually like child molestation, but only when their side is doing it, otherwise they use it as an insult.

    • @Agent641
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      411 months ago

      They hate seeing others do it wrong.

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        111 months ago

        Your sentence heavily implied that there is a right way to molest children. Which I am betting you didn’t intend but it is still funny.