Monthly Archives: September 2017
When Rising Seas Hit Home: How Does it Stack Up?
I consider a source of information on climate change to be credible if it strives for accuracy and clarity and makes it intentions and the process behind it clear. To ensure accuracy, the method of data collection should be carefully … Continue reading
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Assessing the credibility of sources
When conducting literature review, it is important that we use reliable sources in order to obtain the most accurate information. Especially, when it comes to the topic of climate change, citing sound data from a reputable organization is even more … Continue reading
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The Credibility of Climate Change Information
I chose to examine an interactive article from the New York Times, “Climate Change is Complex. We’ve Got Answers to Your Questions” because I knew I would have a hard time being partial in my analysis. My trust in the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, credibility, fact check, facts, peer review
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Credible Sources and the “Climate Change Evidence and Causes” report
There are a lot of sources you can find about climate change, but determining which sources are credible is essential tool. In the criteria for checking a source’s credibility, it is valuable to learn about the author or authors writing … Continue reading
Analyzing Credibility
There is allot of information out there concerning climate change. With so much to sift through one must determine what is credible. A source that we rely on quite heavily in the 250 class is IDS Nepal. The source is … Continue reading
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Climate Change – Literally Groundbreaking?
Beyoncé called for charity while images of recent climate catastrophes flickered by – Harvey, Irma…Mexico. Twitter quickly rattled against “celebrity pseudo-science”. How far could the climate hoax go? Earthquakes are some of the few remaining environmental events that do not … Continue reading
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Climate Credibility
a front page section of the New York Times showing how far above or below average temperatures were in 2014, compared to other years. The hot topic of climate change has been filling the news lately. As our President and … Continue reading
Evaluating Sources of Climate Change Information
Evaluating sources of information before using them helps ensure that the researcher finds trustworthy conclusions. My evaluation criteria help the climate change researcher determine how useful sources of information will be for their project relative to the existing body of … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate scorecard, credibility, credible, earthaction, Paris Agreement, report, research, sources, tgci, trustworthy
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Risks of Taking Climate Change Uncertainties Too Seriously
Climate change organizations such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have presented evidence on how climate change will be affecting the human race negatively over the following decades. … Continue reading
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Climate Models and Predictability
A NOAA data buoy in the Atlantic Ocean east of Boston, MA One of the greatest problems with adjusting to climate change is the uncertainty in climate models. Climate scientists use models to demonstrate the statistical likelihood of certain … Continue reading
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Tagged climate model, decision making, uncertainty, variability
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