Update on Jan 29, 2011 by
Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill
Paul Dennis responds in the comments and confirms he is who I thought. He says he dabbles in paleo rather than specialising.
Someone called Paul Dennis is commenting on the Simon Singh thread. I assume this is the paleoclimatologist of that name who works at UEA.
He agrees with my take on the trick to hide the decline.
Bishop Hill
Paul Dennis responds in the comments and confirms he is who I thought. He says he dabbles in paleo rather than specialising.