Scott Wing

Curator and Research Scientist, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution

Expertise: Paleoclimate, Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum

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publication http://www.amjbot.org/content/100/7/1234

publication http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v8/n1/full/ngeo

publication http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S

ARTICLES REVIEWED

Wall Street Journal article repeats multiple incorrect and misleading claims made in Steven Koonin’s new book ’Unsettled’

in The Wall Street Journal, by Mark P. Mills

— 03 May 2021

Scientists who reviewed the article found that it builds on a collection of misleading and false claims. For instance, Koonin states that “Greenland’s ice sheet isn’t shrinki...

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

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