Guardian: The government’s chief scientist has called on climate researchers to be more open when dealing with critics and transparent when they make errors. In an interview with the Guardian, John Beddington urged scientists to share data freely even though some sceptics sought to cherry-pick facts to fit a political argument. He said: “Scepticism and criticism is the way science grows. Where at all possible, data and analyses should be available so that people can do the challenging in an …