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‘Climate scientists may have been murdered’

Peter Wadhams, a professor of ocean physics at Cambridge University. (Photo by The Independent)

A Cambridge University Professor says three scientists investigating the drastic affects of climate change may have been murdered.

The shocking claims by Professor Peter Wadhams suggest the trio that died within months of each other may have been murdered, debunking the idea that it could be just an “extraordinary coincidence”.

Wadhams expressed his concern over being labeled a “looney” over his allegations and pointed towards the oil industry and possible government forces as the culprits behind the deaths.

Two of the three scientists identified by Wadham, Seymour Laxon and Katherine Giles worked at a leading university in the British capital, University College London, while the third, Tim Boyd worked with the Scottish Association for Marine Science.

From left to right Seymour Laxon, Katherine Giles and Tim Boyd

The three died within months of each other in 2013. Professor Laxon was found dead after falling down a flight of stairs at a New Year’s Eve party in Essex while Dr. Giles died after a lorry collided into her as she was cycling into work. However, Boyd is understood to have been struck by lightening while taking a walk in his hometown in Scotland.

Professor Wadhams also claimed a lorry targeted him and tried to steer him off the road while he was driving just three weeks after the death of Professor Laxon.

In an interview with The Telegraph, Wadhams confirmed his belief that hit-men were involved in the deaths saying: “I do believe assassins possibly murdered them but I can see that I would be thought of as a looney for believing this.”

"But it’s just very odd coincidence that something like that should happen in such a brief period of time.”

He added: “They [the deaths] were accidents as far as anybody was able to tell but the fact they were clustered like that looked so weird.”

He continued: “I can only think of the oil lobby but I don’t think the oil lobby goes around killing people.”

Fiona Strawbridge, head of e-Learning at UCL, and partner of Professor Laxon who was present at the house where he fell down the stairs and died, described the allegations as “ completely outrageous and very distressing.”

 “It was very steep stairs and I heard Seymour fall,” said Ms Strawbridge, “It is just completely bonkers [to suggest murder].”

"I am sure there are some climate scientists who do get trolled and pursued but Seymour wasn’t one of them. I would have known if anybody had been pursuing him.”

 

 


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