Leading scientific publisher Springer Nature decided to withdraw a previously published study. presented misleading results regarding its effects. climate changeAccording to a study conducted by Agence France-Presse (AFP). Human-induced climate change was questioned in the report and used by deniers to demonstrate their theses.
AFP reported raised doubts about their peer-reviewed study in September 2022 four Italian scientists and appeared earlier that year European Physical Journal PlusPosted by Springer Nature.
The study quickly caught the attention of climate deniers, who used it for their own ends.
The document entitled ‘A critical assessment of the trends of extreme events in times of global warming’, aimed to review the data About possible changes in the frequency or intensity of precipitation, hurricanes, hurricanes, droughts and other extreme weather events.
However, some climate scientists contacted by AFP noted: the study manipulated the data, chose others, and ignored most of those that contradicted its claimsdirects the publisher to start an internal review.
“The editors and editors have concluded that they no longer trust the results and conclusions of the paper,” Springer Nature told AFP in an email late Wednesday. said.
The journal’s editors issued a note stating that the article was retracted due to “concerns over the selection of data, analysis, and consequential conclusions.”
Writers with a history of denial
He also said that the article had recently undergone peer-review and that the authors were invited to submit an addendum in response to criticism.
However, the following conclusion was reached: the text is “not fit for publication and the conclusions of the article are not supported by evidence” data available or provided by the authors”.
Springer Nature said in its email that the research was conducted by the Research Integrity Group in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
The authors of the paper are stated to be Gianluca Alimonti, a physicist at the nuclear physics institute; Luigi Mariani, agricultural meteorologist and physicists Franco Prodi and Renato Angelo Ricci.
It turns out that these last two are signatories to the World Climate Declaration, which contains rejected statements about climate change.According to the AFP data validation article.
Stefan Rahmstorf, head of Earth systems at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, told AFP at the time that his work was “not published in a climate journal”.
“This is a common way used by ‘climate skeptics’ to avoid peer review by real experts in the field.”
Recent studies have shown that Misinformation about climate revealed As governments implement reforms to curb the use of fossil fuels that cause planet-warming carbon emissions.
Another study, published by AFP in April 2023, found that deniers of human-caused climate change posted: other misleading studies in peer-reviewed journals.
Experts have expressed concern about peer-review standards in the lucrative academic publishing industry, namely the journals that publish scientific reports.
Countdown of Retraction Watch, a blog that tracks retraction of scientific articles 5,000 such cases in 2022co-founder Ivan Oransky told AFP.
Deprecated article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02243-9
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