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Eric Rignot
Professor, University of California Irvine & Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Expertise: Glaciology, Oceanography, Remote sensing
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Hypothesis handle: EricRignot
ARTICLES REVIEWED
Wall Street Journal op-ed by Steven Koonin publishes misleading claims about how climate change influences Greenland ice melt
in Wall Street Journal, by Steve Koonin
— 24 Feb 2022
Human-caused climate change is already accelerating Greenland’s melting and is predicted to continue to accelerate it in the future. In addition to Greenland, most glaciers aroun...
Analysis of “9 questions on rising seas”
in CNN, by John Sutter
— 12 May 2015
"This article does a very good job at presenting the main aspects of sea level rise and how it will impact coastal regions..."
CLAIMS REVIEWED
The Antarctic’s ice coverage is not increasing to record levels, nor is the continent getting colder, contrary to Curry and Easterbrook claims in CFACT movie
CLAIM
Antarctic sea-ice extent is increasing to record levels. Antarctica is getting colder; its sea ice and ice cap are not melting
SOURCE: Judith Curry and Don Easterbrook, CFACT
Published: 28 Apr 2023
VERDICT
