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Katrin Meissner
Professor, University of New South Wales
Expertise: Climate feedbacks, Physical oceanography, Carbon cycle, Paleoclimate
Details:
Hypothesis handle: katrin
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
CO2 coalition sponsored article in The Washington Times presents list of false and misleading statements about the impacts of CO2 and climate change
in The Washington Times, by Gregory Wrightstone
— 05 May 2021
"This article recycles old tropes such as “it’s been warm before”, “CO2 levels have been higher in the past” (millions of years ago!), “CO2 is plant food”, “warming..
Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change
in PragerU, by Richard Lindzen
— 23 May 2020
This video discussing climate change was first published on PragerU’s website in April 2016 and recently posted on Facebook in May 2020. Scientists that evaluated the video found...
Ian Plimer op-ed in The Australian again presents long list of false claims about climate
in The Australian, by Ian Plimer
— 26 Nov 2019
"This article is a mixture of misdirection, misleading claims, and outright falsehoods. The author attempts to paint a picture of current climate change as simply a continuation of..
Commentary in The Australian by Ian Plimer relies on false claims to make its case
in The Australian, by Ian Plimer
— 20 May 2019
"If you think that potentially causing hundreds of millions of refugees and trillions of dollars in damages is fine because some plants did well in the same conditions millions of ..
The Australian publishes “deeply ill-informed” opinion on climate by Ian Plimer
in The Australian, by Ian Plimer
— 09 Aug 2018
"This article is an amalgamation of logical fallacies, misleading talking points, and downright factually incorrect statements regarding the physics of the climate system. Every ta..
Guardian coverage of essay on potential of future “hothouse” climate is generally accurate, but misstates some details
in The Guardian, by Jonathan Watts
— 09 Aug 2018
"The article reasonably summarizes a new study published in PNAS, which describes the potential of tipping elements to enhance climate warming and the potential for the Earth to tr..
Analysis of “Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has worst coral die-off ever”
in USA Today, by Doyle Rice
— 30 Nov 2016
"This article is mostly accurate ... the frequency of massive bleaching events is increasing, will continue to increase in the near future, and these events do not need to occur an..
Analysis of “About Those Non-Disappearing Pacific Islands”
in The Wall Street Journal, by Bjorn Lomborg
— 17 Oct 2016
"This article is very interesting because it exemplifies a highly-misleading rhetorical practice that is effective, frequently used, but not easily recognized by the public: "palte..
Analysis of “An Overheated Climate Alarm”
in The Wall Street Journal, by Bjorn Lomborg
— 11 Apr 2016
"Lomborg is using scientific ‘language’ to suggest that climate change will have insignificant health impacts; this goes against a vast body of evidence. The notion that benefi..
Analysis of “What we’re doing to the Earth has no parallel in 66 million years, scientists say”
in The Washington Post, by Chris Mooney
— 23 Mar 2016
"It sadly implies that even the PETM, a massive warm climatic excursion, might not be harsh enough to represent an analogue for future climate change, as the Washington Post rightf..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Ian Plimer wrongly claims that carbon dioxide emissions do not cause climate change
CLAIM
there is no relationship between temperature and carbon dioxide emissions by humans[...] carbon dioxide has had a minuscule effect on global climate
SOURCE: Ian Plimer, The Australian
Published: 11 Aug 2018
VERDICT
Ian Plimer incorrectly claims human-caused emissions are short-lived
CLAIM
The atmospheric residency time of carbon dioxide is five years and it is quickly sequestered into plants, marine life, oceans and sediments.
SOURCE: Ian Plimer, The Australian
Published: 11 Aug 2018
VERDICT
Prof. John Christy incorrectly claims to show climate models are too sensitive to carbon dioxide
CLAIM
the real atmosphere is less sensitive to CO2 than what has been forecast by climate models
SOURCE: John Christy, The Daily Caller
Published: 01 Dec 2017
VERDICT
Heartland Institute report’s claim that climate models are too sensitive to CO2 does not reflect evidence
CLAIM
[climate models] systematically over-estimate the sensitivity of climate to carbon dioxide ... and modelers exclude forcings and feedbacks that run counter to their mission
SOURCE: Craig Idso, Robert Carter, S. Fred Singer, Heartland Institute
Published: 23 May 2017
VERDICT
The world’s coral reefs are severely threatened by climate change and other human impacts, as ABC story notes
CLAIM
90 per cent of the world's coral reefs will disappear in the next 35 years due to coral bleaching induced by global warming, pollution and over-development.
SOURCE: Greg Hassall & Rebecca Latham, ABC News
Published: 27 Feb 2017
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