Critique the 1991 article by Robert Kunzig in Discover magazine. The Van Scoy and Coale article in New Scientist was written by scientists involved in the experiment. Monastersky uses vivid, appropriate quotes.
Many scientific controversies involve the measurement of materials or properties in nature.
Often, the validity of the measurements are in question, especially early in the controversy. It seems plausible to the lay reader that different labs or different scientists would come up with disagreeing measurements. The measurement of air temperature, on the other hand, is a familiar, uncomplicated process. Almost every household is equipped with the necessary equipment. Almost everyone does it, almost every morning, before deciding what to wear today.