A Critique Of A Multiply-Published Article On Ice Sheet Collapse
Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 20:49
in Earth & Climate
A Critique Of A Multiply-Published Article On Ice Sheet Collapse An article in AIG News, the Australian Institute of Geoscientists Quarterly Newsletter No. 97 August 2009, purports to state that collapse of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is impossible. In this critique I demonstrate the writers' use of straw man arguments and other unscientific methods to support their arguments. I commence with the authors' abstract and conclusions. The body of the text will be dealt with in due course. Why the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets are Not Collapsing.Cliff Ollier and Colin Pain Abstract: read more