Research lab

Simon Fraser University

Canadian university whose School of Environmental Science hosts the researchers behind the frozen-riverbed erosion experiments.

Known aliases

SFU
Simon Fraser University School of Environmental Science

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current stories

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SFU model prices climate-driven Canadian wildfires at $2.1 trillion under 3 to 4 degrees of warming

Simon Fraser University researchers put the climate-driven cost of Canadian wildfires at more than $2.1 trillion this century under 3 to 4 degrees of warming. Holding warming to 2 degrees would keep costs near those of recent decades, lead author Sian Kou-Giesbrecht said.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence40

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Simon Fraser glaciologists put Whistler Glacier's last ice less than a decade away

Simon Fraser University researchers expect Whistler Glacier to lose its last ice within 10 years, after mapping a 95% drop in its area since 1973. The projection puts a near-term date on a retreat the Whistler Blackcomb resort is already planning around.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence55

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FTC warns that fake Evite and Paperless Post invitations are phishing for email passwords

FTC warned in May that fake Evite and Paperless Post invitations ask people for their email password, or a phone number and code to RSVP. One reached journalist Eric Umansky's contacts in his own name. Team guidance works best when it targets the request for credentials.

Publishers:wired.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence55

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AI text detectors are good enough to deploy. The appeals process is what nobody has written.

Cancer-journal editors are already catching undisclosed LLM use in peer review with commercial software. The unresolved question is what happens to a flagged researcher who says no.

Publishers:nature.com

Reality

Evidence64
Adoption68
Hype gap+22
Incentives74
Confidence55

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Riverbed ice is not glue: lab flume finds Arctic beds erode 10 times faster while thawing

Simon Fraser and UBC researchers reran the experiment until they believed it. The mechanism they landed on inverts the sign on the stabilizing term in Arctic erosion budgets.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+32
Incentives68
Confidence45