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Dan Chavas
Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Expertise: Tropical Cyclone physics, Risk analysis
Details:
Hypothesis handle: drchavas
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
USA Today op-ed ignores evidence to claim climate change had no role in Hurricane Florence
in USA Today, by Roy Spencer
— 17 Sep 2018
This op-ed in USA Today makes the claim that Hurricane Florence has no appreciable contribution from human-caused climate change.
Scientists who reviewed the article found that it...
National Geographic accurately covers research pointing to slower-moving hurricanes
in National Geographic, by Craig Welch
— 08 Jun 2018
"This is an important topic and the article explains the new research findings clearly... Highlighting how this result about slowing storms is consistent across two studies that em..
The Atlantic accurately explores climate context for Tropical Storm Harvey
in The Atlantic, by Robinson Meyer
— 29 Aug 2017
"A well written article that captures the essence of our understanding that under climate change storms will likely bring more rainfall. In the case of Harvey, all we can say is th..
Analysis of “Why are climate-change models so flawed? Because climate science is so incomplete”
in The Boston Globe, by Jeff Jacoby
— 16 Mar 2017
"The facts given by the author regarding the skills of climate models and the state of the art are mostly wrong. The most important processes are not understood by the author and h..
Analysis of “How Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane on record so quickly”
in Mashable, by Andrew Freedman
— 27 Oct 2015
"A well written and balanced article that draws on a range of scientific opinion from well-established climate scientists, hurricane specialists and forecasters. The article provid..
Analysis of “Vanuatu’s president makes a leap in tying Cyclone Pam to climate change”
in Mashable, by Andrew Freedman
— 23 Mar 2015
"... well-written article that hits most of the key points regarding the complex question of how global warming may affect tropical cyclones."
Analysis of “The Alarming Thing About Climate Alarmism”
in The Wall Street Journal, by Bjorn Lomborg
— 10 Feb 2015
"Tries and fails to make a convincing case for why humans need to worry about climate change less than they currently do."
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Climate change likely helped increase Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall, but too early to say exactly by how much
CLAIM
[climate scientists] say that aspects of the case of Hurricane Harvey suggest global warming is making a bad situation worse.
SOURCE: Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
Published: 29 Aug 2017
VERDICT
