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Summer Praetorius

Research Geologist, (views are my own)

Expertise: Paleoceanography, Abrupt Climate Change, Ocean Circulation
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New York Times op-ed claiming scientists underestimated climate change lacks supporting evidence

“Most of the specific facts and statistics in this op-ed are correct, but the overall effect is significantly misleading. The author’s central point is that scientists have been drastically underestimating the scope and the pace of climate change until just the past decade or so, and recent events such as permafrost melting, ice cap loss, and extreme weather events have caught them by surprise. This is simply not true.”