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Andreas Prein
Project Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Expertise: High-resolution climate modeling, Climate extremes
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Hypothesis handle: AndreasPrein
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v7/n1/full/
ARTICLES REVIEWED
Financial Post commentary jumps to unsupported conclusions in claiming “climate change isn’t causing extreme weather”
in Financial Post, by Ross McKitrick
— 13 Jun 2019
"This article is misleading since it confuses changes in climate change impacts with changes in climate and weather extremes and it subjectively selects examples that support its m..
Analysis of “From extreme drought to record rain: Why California’s drought-to-deluge cycle is getting worse”
in Los Angeles Times, by Paige St. John and Rong-Gong Lin II
— 14 Apr 2017
"The article is accurate and highlights the challenges that California’s water resource managers are facing due to climate change. There are some issues with differentiating natu..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Senator Sanders’ claim that climate change is making tornadoes worse isn’t supported by published research
CLAIM
The science is clear, climate change is making extreme weather events, including tornadoes, worse.
SOURCE: Senator Bernie Sanders, Facebook
Published: 08 Mar 2019
VERDICT
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
VERDICT
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
VERDICT