This folks is how most scientific papers appear. Dreadfully boring, bounded by the limitations of the study, and presenting findings supported by the evidence with an informed interpretation of the results. Designed to put any insomniac into deep sleep.
Compare and contrast this with the political activist nonsense in the climate change world, or the soon to come rebuttal from the Institute for Creation Research.
This study only applies to sediments along the Braxos River, where the study team probably enjoyed some mighty fine barbeque during their off time. It can be compared with other studies from other sediments in other locations to help confirm or deny their findings. If rejected by the Geological community, it’s back to the drawing board and the tired old Suburban research wagon. If confirmed, we can advance our understanding of the ending eons of the Cretaceous.
Don’t expect the clueless science press to jump on this one way or the other.
:’) And this is just the abstract, I’d have to be affiliated to get access to the full paper. Ain’t that America...
>> This folks is how most scientific papers appear. Dreadfully boring, bounded by the limitations of the study...
And to be critically analyzed and weighed against other studies, preferably without references to hockey sticks and rambunctious polar bears.