Piers Forster

Professor, University of Leeds

Expertise: Radiative forcing, Climate modelling, Climate change impacts

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ARTICLES REVIEWED

Article in The Guardian misleads readers about sensitivity of climate models by narrowly focusing on single study

in The Guardian, by Jonathan Watts

— 18 Jun 2020

"The article correctly reports that the most recent versions of some climate models estimate more warming for a given increase in CO2 concentrations. It is also correct in highligh..

CLAIMS REVIEWED

Global surface temperatures are increasing according to climate projections, contrary to Wall Street Journal claim

CLAIM
the warming is not nearly as great as the climate change computer models have predicted.

SOURCE: Wall Street Journal editorial, The Wall Street Journal

Published: 27 Jan 2017

VERDICT