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Marcos Fontela
Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Marine Research (IIM-CSIC)
Expertise: Oceanography, Atlantic circulation, Marine carbon cycle
Details:
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
Atlantic ocean circulation system is slowing down, as accurately described in The New York Times article
in The New York Times, by Moises Velasquez-Manoff and Jeremy White
— 11 Mar 2021
"This article is well-written, and the visuals are outstanding. It is a very strong piece of science communication. That being said, there is at least one error. The author mistake..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
2°C is not known to be a “point of no return”, as Jonathan Franzen claims
CLAIM
The consensus among scientists and policy-makers is that we’ll pass this point of no return if the global mean temperature rises by more than two degrees Celsius
SOURCE: Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker
Published: 17 Sep 2019
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