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Ted Letcher
Research Scientist, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab
Expertise: Regional Climate, Snow, Climate Feedbacks
Details:
Hypothesis handle: tletcher
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
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..
New York Times story accurately describes Rio Grande’s climate context
in The New York Times, by Henry Fountain
— 31 May 2018
"The issue of water resource management in the western US and how it fits within a changing climate is extremely complex and spans many disciplines from climatology to hydrology to..
New York Times’ “straightforward answers” to common climate questions are accurate, too
in The New York Times, by Justin Gillis
— 28 Sep 2017
This article in The New York Times serves as a primer by briefly answering seventeen basic questions about the cause and consequences of—and possible solutions to—climate chang...
Scientists explain what New York Magazine article on “The Uninhabitable Earth” gets wrong
in New York Magazine, by David Wallace-Wells
— 12 Jul 2017
"While it is clear that ongoing warming of the global climate would eventually have very severe consequences, the concept of the Earth becoming uninhabitable within anywhere near t..
Breitbart article falsely claims that measured global warming has been “fabricated”
in Breitbart, by James Delingpole
— 11 Jul 2017
"In a cursory attempt at both reporting and climate science, the author glibly highlights a document heavy on accusation and light on reasoned engagement with fact. Implying nefari..
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Global warming has not “ceased”, as Heartland Institute report falsely claims
CLAIM
global warming ceased around the end of the twentieth century and was followed (since 1997) by 19 years of stable temperature
SOURCE: Craig Idso, Robert Carter, S. Fred Singer, Heartland Institute
Published: 29 May 2017
VERDICT
