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The long-term survival of polar bears is threatened by loss of sea-ice due to global warming, new study confirms
Claim:
"Global warming is driving polar bears toward extinction"
Reviews of content from
Henry Fountain
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Source: The New York Times, Henry Fountain, 2020-07-20 -
AccurateStudy evaluates natural and human causes of recent rapid warming rate at the South Pole
Claim:
Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s.
Source: The New York Times, Henry Fountain, 2020-06-29 -
1HighNew York Times story accurately describes Rio Grande’s climate context
“The issue of water resource management in the western US and how it fits within a changing climate is extremely complex and spans many disciplines from climatology to hydrology to city planning to population dynamics, and so on. This article does a nice job presenting the very basics of the climate science involved and tying the greater changes to the personal stories of people in the region.”
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1.3HighNew York Times accurately covers 2017 record low Arctic winter sea ice extent
“The article accurately reports on the state of Arctic sea ice at the annual maximum (in March) and its causes, and gives an insightful discussion as to the implications. There is one point which may be misleading…”
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1.6Very highNew York Times accurately assesses the state of Alaskan permafrost
“The article is accurate in its descriptions of the physical and ecological processes that are behind permafrost changes. It also does a good job of getting across the nature of the work of actual scientists working in the field, what they are doing and why they are doing it.”