In 2009 , Watts Up With That was involved in popularizing the Climatic Research Unit email controversy , wherein emails of several climatologists were published by a hacker . The story was initially broken on '' WUWT '' and two other blogs when the hacker posted a link to a Russian server containing emails and documents from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia , and subsequently reproduced on the '' WUWT '' blog . Because of '' WUWT 's '' high traffic count , this was the catalyst which broke the story to the media . The term " Climategate " was originally coined by a commenter in a post on WUWT
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
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