Some scientists sounded a note of caution about the study. Tiago Segabinazzi Dotto, senior research scientist at the National Oceanography Centre in the UK, said it should be “treated carefully” as it is based on a single model.
I think that quote by itself is easy to misinterpret. Here's the next 2 paragraphs:
"However, its conclusions do agree with previous research in the region, he told the Science Media Center, giving “confidence that this study needs to be taken in consideration for policymakers.”"
"Naughten and her colleagues acknowledged their study has limits — predicting future rates of melting in West Antarctica is very complex and it’s impossible to account for every possible future outcome. But, looking at the range of scenarios, the report authors said they were confident the melting of ice shelves is now unavoidable."
My friend played Russian roulette and died. But that's only a single data point, so maybe I'll give it a go? Or maybe we should just play Pandemic instead. Hmmm... So many options, and literally no way to choose between them!
