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Richard Alley
Professor, PennState University
Expertise: Guest analyst - Sea level change, Glaciology
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ARTICLES REVIEWED
Grist article on an “Ice Apocalypse” mostly accurate, but doesn’t make the likelihood of that apocalypse clear enough to readers
in Grist, by Eric Holthaus
— 28 Nov 2017
"The article has a bias, emphasizing the high end scenarios of ice sheet behavior, avoiding scrutiny of model assumptions. The concept of marine ice cliff instability and how unusu..
Analysis of « Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun »
in The New York Times, by Justin Gillis
— 07 Sep 2016
"The theory of sea-level rise and flood problems is pretty well understood — this makes the point that this theory is also happening now and can only be expected to get worse —..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Sea level could rise by as much as 1 or 2 meters (3.3-6.6 feet) by the year 2100
CLAIM
Sea level rise could reach six or seven feet by the year 2100.
SOURCE: Justin Gillis, The New York Times
Published: 06 Sep 2016
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