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Marcus Badger
Lecturer in Earth Sciences, The Open University
Expertise: Paleoclimate, Carbon cycling, Past atmospheric CO2
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Hypothesis handle: marcusbadger
ARTICLES REVIEWED
Breitbart article baselessly claims a study of past climate invalidates human-caused climate change
in Breitbart, by John Nolte
— 11 Apr 2019
"By the reasoning of this article, if a rock rolled down a hill three million years ago, no human can be responsible for rolling a rock down a hill today. The fallaciousness of thi..
The Independent makes a giant leap in stating that modern global warming could be “worse than thought” based on a single study
in The Independent, by Andrew Griffin
— 01 Nov 2017
"The article reports on a paper which suggests there may be complications with ONE method we use to determine past ocean temperature. Notwithstanding possible flaws in the methods ..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
It’s true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence
CLAIM
the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home
SOURCE: Denise Chow, NBC News
Published: 18 May 2019
VERDICT
