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Permafrost

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    • Climate
    Posted on:  2018-03-22

    Washington Post accurately covers permafrost study, albeit under a somewhat sensational headline

    The article accurately described a study indicating that more of the carbon released from thawing permafrost will be released as methane and provided context on its overall implications by quoting comments from two other researchers. The article’s headline, however, may mislead readers through the use of the sensational phrase “the Arctic’s carbon bomb”, which calls to mind a catastrophic, explosive release of greenhouse gas.

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    • Climate
    Posted on:  2017-07-12

    Scientists 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.”