From vibrant corals to white skeletons: climate change and looming existential threats to coral reefs
Coral reefs and their ecosystems serve important roles on Earth – they flourish with biodiversity, providing habitat to 25% of…
Articles tagged with
Ocean acidification
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IncorrectEvidence greenhouse gasses cause global warming denied by Willie Soon in Tucker Carlson interview, resulting in mass social media climate misinformation
Claim:
Carbon dioxide does not cause global warming, scientists are 90% sure it’s the Sun; The climate problems blamed on carbon dioxide (such as ocean acidification and negative impacts on polar bears) are not real
Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Willie Soon, 2024-01-09 -
0.7HighBBC article on ocean acidification report accurate but brief
“A good summary of BIOACID’s key results. The information provided here is based on peer-reviewed scientific articles… I think these complex (and so far poorly understood) food web interactions deserve attention by both the public and the scientific community.”
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-0.7LowScientists explain what New York Magazine article on “The Uninhabitable Earth” gets wrong
“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 the timescales suggested in the article is pure hyperbole. The author has clearly done very extensive research and addresses a number of climate threats that are indeed major issues, but generally the narrative ramps up the threat to go beyond the level that is supported by science.”
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IPSO decision ignores inaccuracies in The Spectator’s article on ocean acidification
The article contains objectively inaccurate assertions on matters of fact—not opinion—and therefore does not meet the accuracy standards of IPSO’s Editors’ Code. By excusing articles like this one from following its standards, IPSO risks its credibility as an effective guardian of accountability for science journalism.
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-2Very lowAnalysis of "Ocean acidification: yet another wobbly pillar of climate alarmism"
The scientists who have analyzed the article show that it contains significant inaccuracies, notably for its core assumptions, and misrepresents scientific studies and scientists it cites to make its point. Reviewers also note that the article knocks down strawman arguments that do not represent the state of scientific knowledge (scientists do not claim the ocean will become a “giant acid bath”).
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Ocean acidification is expected to harm marine ecosystems overall, cherry-picking can lead to the opposite conclusion
Claim:
Marine life has nothing whatsoever to fear from ocean acidification.
Source: The Spectator, James Delingpole, Mike Wallace, 2016-04-30 -
InaccurateOceans are currently acidifying, claims to the contrary contradict observations
Claim:
there has been no reduction in oceanic pH levels in the last century
Source: The Spectator, James Delingpole, Mike Wallace, 2016-04-30 -
-2Very lowAnalysis of "Scientists are exaggerating carbon threat to marine life"
“This article misses some major intellectual points about ocean acidification, thanks to what seems to be a willful misunderstanding and misquoting of an interview with Dr. Browman on an Ocean Acidification special issue journal.”
