An article over the weekend in the UK's Daily Mail titled The mini ice age starts here, [1] is being refuted by the scientist whose research was used in the story to back the claim that global warming is nothing to worry about because we are entering a phase of "global cooling."

Mojib Latif, a Meteorologist at the Leibniz Institute at Kiel University in Germany, told the Guardian newspaper that: [2]

""It comes as a surprise to me that people would try to use my statements to try to dispute the nature of global warming. I believe in manmade global warming. I have said that if my name was not Mojib Latif it would be global warming."

The Daily Mail is prone to publishing attention-grabbing stories on climate change. Most recently the newspaper claimed that Chinese hackers in league with Russians [3] may be behind the leaked emails from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University.

No correction has appeared on the Daily Mail article yet, so I have emailed the correction and a link to the Gaurdian article to the Sunday editor here: news@mailonsunday.co.uk [4]

Here's the message I sent, I will let you know if they respond:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Your article here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mi... [1] is being reported by the Gaurdian as being incorrect and the scientist quoted heavily is saying that his research has been misused: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/11/climate-change-global-... [2]

On such an important issue as climate change, and as a major media outlet I would urge you to make a prominent correction right away or risk undermining your credibility.