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Richard Feely
Senior Scientist, NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Expertise: Guest analyst - Carbon cycling, Impacts of CO2 on marine ecosystems
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Hypothesis handle: ARTICLES REVIEWED
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 “The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here”
in Rolling Stone, by Eric Holthaus
— 12 Aug 2015
"The article rightly communicates the urgency and seriousness of human-induced climate change, [...] However, by the title, subtitle, and overall framing, it is likely to give an i..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
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
