Article Reviews
“Is this article consistent with the latest thinking and knowledge in science?”
“Would experts in this field endorse the main message of this article?”
These are the types of questions our “feedbacks” are designed to answer. If the feedback is positive, you can generally assume the information you’re reading is of high credibility. If it’s negative, however, you may want to read with extra care and attention — some of the information contained and conclusions reached are not consistent with science.[1]
Analysis of “Scientists say human greenhouse gas emissions have canceled the next ice age”
in The Washington Post, by Chris Mooney
"The article presents an accurate account of recently published research which suggests that human-induced global warming will delay the onset of the next ice age by 50,000 years. The research supports the findings of several studies published over the past 15 years, and is consistent with the scientific consensus that human activity is changing the climate with very long-term consequences."
— 18 Jan 2016
Analysis of “Your Complete Guide to the Climate Debate”
in The Wall Street Journal, by Matt Ridley and Benny Peiser
"This article peddles the usual false statements masquerading as opinion that we have been seeing for years, and would not be published by a reputable publisher. Most of the scientific statements in the article are false or misleading."
— 30 Nov 2015
Analysis of “Top 10 Global Warming Lies That May Shock You”
in Forbes, by James Taylor
"This article wins the Olympic gold for cherry-picking data, misleading claims, and a long list of scientifically unsupported assertions."
— 03 Nov 2015
Analysis of “Updated NASA Data: Global Warming Not Causing Any Polar Ice Retreat”
in Forbes, by James Taylor
"This article discusses land and sea ice interchangebly and appears to confuse the two. This is a fundamental error, equivalent in other fields to confusing house and senate, or an artery and vein."
— 29 Oct 2015
Analysis of “How Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane on record so quickly”
in Mashable, by Andrew Freedman
"A well written and balanced article that draws on a range of scientific opinion from well-established climate scientists, hurricane specialists and forecasters. The article provides a nice summary of the major physical factors at play, while also highlighting the issues and challenges to do with detection and attribution of extreme events such as this."
— 27 Oct 2015
Analysis of “Climate Change Will Cause Increased Flooding In Coastal Cities ”
in Forbes, by Matthew Francis
"The article discusses a manuscript that is still under "open access" review, so naturally there is still significant (and public) discussion about the details among scientific reviewers. Overall the article is accurate, [...] and it correctly states that sea level rise is a real problem regardless of this particular Hansen publication."
— 25 Oct 2015
Analysis of “South Carolina flooding is the type of event climate scientists have warned about for years”
in Mashable, by Andrew Freedman
"It's tricky to evaluate the contribution of climate change to a particular weather event, but generally speaking, the author provides an accurate summary of the challenges of this research, and the range of scientific thinking about it."
— 10 Oct 2015
Analysis of “Wake up, Obama, climate change has been happening forever”
in New York Post, by Betsy McCaughey
"the evidence of accelerating glacier melt and retreat in response to manmade warming is crystal clear. Any other conclusion is willfully ignoring the data, the facts, and the conclusions of the entire glaciological community."
— 10 Sep 2015
Analysis of “Deceptive temperature record claims”
in The Washington Times, by Tom Harris
"Scientists unanimously qualify this article as misleading and in disagreement with elementary science."
— 28 Aug 2015
Analysis of “El Niño, explained: Why this year’s could be one of the strongest on record”
in Vox, by Brad Plumer
"This is a great article on the current El Niño and explainer on how El Niños often affect global climate, as well as regional climates around the world... A nice explainer from Vox."
— 21 Aug 2015
[1] Note: These feedbacks do not constitute endorsements of the author’s political or economic ideology, rather they are assessments of the scientific foundations and reasoning of the argumentation contained within each article.