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Reviews of articles from: BBC

ARTICLE REVIEWS

BBC article on IPCC report is mostly accurate, but could use some clarification

in BBC, by Matt McGrath

“Scientifically, the article is overall correct, but it is in cases inaccurate in its description of certain aspects of the IPCC. For example, the IPCC does not conduct research, but assesses the available scientific evidence. The article also provides statements without context, despite this being essential for their interpretation.”

— 21 Jan 2019

BBC article on ocean acidification report accurate but brief

in BBC, by Roger Harrabin

“A good summary of BIOACID’s key results. The information provided here is based on peer-reviewed scientific articles… I think these complex (and so far poorly understood) food web interactions deserve attention by both the public and the scientific community.”

— 25 Oct 2017

Analysis of “Miami’s fight against rising seas”

in BBC, by Amanda Ruggeri

“The information in this story is generally correct—the frequency and severity of flooding is accelerating due to sea level rise, and the quoted scientists from NOAA and FAU are credible experts in this field.”

— 07 Apr 2017

CLAIM REVIEWS

Long-term remission of an HIV patient who received a stem cell transplant is the closest so far to a full HIV cure
CLAIM
The second person ever has been cured from HIV

SOURCE: Michelle Roberts, Tom Hale, BBC, IFLScience

Published: 19 Mar 2020

VERDICT

On BBC Newsnight, Myron Ebell falsely claims climate models exaggerate warming
CLAIM
The rate of warming according to the data is much slower than the models used by the IPCC

SOURCE: Myron Ebell, BBC Newsnight

Published: 09 Oct 2018

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Some extreme weather events are clearly becoming more common, in contrast to Lord Lawson’s claim
CLAIM
The IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is sort of the voice of the consensus, concedes that there has been no increase in extreme weather events.

SOURCE: Nigel Lawson, BBC

Published: 10 Aug 2017

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Lord Lawson falsely claims that global temperatures have declined over last decade
CLAIM
according, again, to the official figures—during this past 10 years, if anything, mean global temperature, average world temperature, has slightly declined

SOURCE: Nigel Lawson, BBC

Published: 10 Aug 2017

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Earth is not at risk of becoming a hothouse like Venus, as Stephen Hawking claimed
CLAIM
Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid.

SOURCE: Stephen Hawking, BBC

Published: 06 Jul 2017

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