Guardian: The government’s chief scientific adviser has hit out at climate sceptics who attack global warming science on spurious grounds. The statements from Professor John Beddington appeared to be a veiled attack on the former Tory chancellor and arch climate sceptic Nigel Lawson. Beddington said that he had met Lord Lawson to brief him about the science of global warming. His comments came as the Royal Society announced that it would publish a new guide to climate science for …