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WEB6161c Peer Soundbite Guide. 1. The process: ‘Most journals select two or three independent experts who understand the fi eld that the piece of work covers. They assess the scientifi c method, factual accuracy, results and conclusions put forward by the authors, and pass their comments anonymously. The comments then go back to the author of ...
expert reaction to 2024 Lancet Commission report on dementia …
WEBJuly 31, 2024 expert reaction to 2024 Lancet Commission report on dementia prevention, intervention, and care A report published in the Lancet looks at dementia prevention, intervention and care. Dr Sarah-Naomi James, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL, said: “The Lancet commission update on Dementia prevention, Intervention and Care is commendable ...
expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic ...
WEBJuly 25, 2023 expert reaction to paper warning of a collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation A paper published in Nature Communications warns of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Prof Andrew Watson FRS, Royal Society Research Professor at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, said: “This study highlights that ...
expert reaction to vapour trails and climate change
WEBJune 27, 2019 expert reaction to vapour trails and climate change Research published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics shows that Contrail cirrus radiative forcing is expected to increase significantly over time and will have a significant climate impact by 2050. Prof David Lee, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, said: “This is an excellent piece of ...
expert reaction to analysis of 1,500 climate policies
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Scientists comment on a Science analysis of 1500 climate policies. Dr Ajay Gambhir, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, said: “For decades, the climate policy community has been espousing carbon pricing, regulations, technology support and measures to shift ...
The Global Tipping Points Report 2023 - Science Media Centre
WEBDec 6, 2023 · The Global Tipping Points Report is a peer-reviewed assessment of the threats and opportunities of negative and positive tipping points in the Earth System and in society. Tipping points are points beyond which changes can be locked in (for example, the irreversible collapse of an ice sheet or the rapid transition to electric vehicles).
expert reaction to a review paper on the ‘serotonin theory of ...
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Anti-depressants can be an important tool in a suite of treatment options and research into the mechanisms of how they work is vast and ongoing. ‘The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence’ by Joanna Moncrieff et al. was published in Molecular Psychiatry at 01:00 UK time on Wednesday 20th July.
Antarctic extreme events - Science Media Centre
WEBAug 8, 2023 · It shows how extreme events have influenced every realm in Antarctica, including weather (the world’s largest recorded ever heatwave in 2022 where temperatures were 38.5C higher than normal), ice shelf collapse and the land ice speed-up as a result, loss of marine species, invasion of non-native plants and the recent lack of winter sea ice.
WEBThe vast majority of climate scientists agree on the fundamentals of human-induced climate change, though there is healthy debate about the extent of change and what to do about it. Just as with smoking and lung cancer, the weight of evidence strongly suggests that human factors have caused and will cause climate change. All national academies of science agree on the existence of man-made ...