Articles tagged with: Ocean acidification

ARTICLE REVIEWS

BBC article on ocean acidification report accurate but brief

in BBC, by Roger Harrabin

— 25 Oct 2017

"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 w..

Scientists explain what New York Magazine article on “The Uninhabitable Earth” gets wrong

in New York Magazine, by David Wallace-Wells

— 12 Jul 2017

"While it is clear that ongoing warming of the global climate would eventually have very severe consequences, the concept of the Earth becoming uninhabitable within anywhere near t..

Analysis of “Ocean acidification: yet another wobbly pillar of climate alarmism”

in The Spectator, by James Delingpole

— 10 Jan 2017

The scientists who have analyzed the article show that it contains significant inaccuracies, notably for its core assumptions, and misrepresents scientific studies and scientists i...

Analysis of “Scientists are exaggerating carbon threat to marine life”

in The Times / The Australian, by Ben Webster

— 04 Mar 2016

"This article misses some major intellectual points about ocean acidification, thanks to what seems to be a willful misunderstanding and misquoting of an interview with Dr. Browman..

CLAIM REVIEWS

Ocean acidification is expected to harm marine ecosystems overall, cherry-picking can lead to the opposite conclusion

CLAIM
Marine life has nothing whatsoever to fear from ocean acidification.

SOURCE: Mike Wallace & James Delingpole, The Spectator

Published: 10 Jan 2017

VERDICT

Oceans are currently acidifying, claims to the contrary contradict observations

CLAIM
there has been no reduction in oceanic pH levels in the last century

SOURCE: Mike Wallace & James Delingpole, The Spectator

Published: 10 Jan 2017

VERDICT

INSIGHTS

IPSO decision ignores inaccuracies in The Spectator’s article on ocean acidification

— 02 Feb 2017

The article contains objectively inaccurate assertions on matters of fact—not opinion—and therefore does not meet the accuracy standards of IPSO’s Editors’ Code. By excusin...