The Climategate controversy of a year ago certainly might have played a role, too, though the steady decline in belief began well before those hacked e-mails were published.

早在一年前，气候争论就已经唱主角了，虽然当时这些邮件还未发布，争论已经出现稳步下降的趋势。

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Perhaps now we can put the manufactured controversy known as Climategate behind us and turn to the task of actually doing something about global warming.

或许现在我们可以把那个所谓的“气候门”引发的争议抛之脑后，投入到全球变暖的实际行动任务中。

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Called Climategate Revisited, the programme examined the impact of the ensuing controversy about the conduct of climate science on public opinion, media reporting and the scientific community.

BBC: Climategate: Operation Cabin files released by police