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Peter Landschützer
Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Expertise: Ocean carbon cycle, Ocean biogeochemistry, Air-sea CO2 exchange
Details:
Hypothesis handle: austropet
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
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..
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..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Human activities have dramatically increased atmospheric CO2 levels, causing imbalances in the global carbon cycle
CLAIM
Human additions of CO2 are in the margin of error of current measurements and the gradual increase in CO2 is mainly from oceans degassing as the planet slowly emerges from the last ice age.
SOURCE: Cole Ryan, I Love Carbon Dioxide
Published: 20 Apr 2020
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
