Talk:Climate change in Puerto Rico

Student project Uppsala University
Hello! We are students from Uppsala University in Sweden and are taking a course in Ecological Effects of Climate Change. Within the next two months we are going to update this page and fill it with more information. Ricarda L (talk) 16:27, 3 April 2023 (UTC)


 * @Ricarda L
 * If you act today or tomorrow you may be able to get on “Did you know”.
 * Use the blue button in Template talk:Did you know before the time limit Chidgk1 (talk) 09:06, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Hoping one of you guys will take over the below Chidgk1 (talk) 14:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Do we need the “Ocean acidification” section?
It does not seem to be specific to Puerto Rico. Maybe some specific info can be found? Chidgk1 (talk) 16:55, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Close paraphrasing
This article contains a substantial amount of close paraphrasing. For example: Another example: Bear in mind that slight rewordings of the text (such as replacing "anthropogenic" with "human-induced", or "precipitation" with "rainfall") are not sufficient; copyright law extends not only to exact words but also to the presentation of ideas. Here's another example which changes many of the words used in the source but presents its ideas in the same order; this is still plagiarism. I haven't surveyed the whole article but I've already come across at least a dozen examples of close paraphrasing or outright copying. The article will likely need a heavy rewrite to address this issue. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 15:26, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Article: Coral reefs help to establish and protect productive seagrass beds and mangrove forests and provide habitat, refuge, and resources for millions of species, including many that are commercially important. In addition, the reefs serve to protect the coastline and provide space for research, recreation and education.
 * Source (p. 54): Coral reefs aid in the establishment and protection of productive seagrass beds and mangrove forests and provide habitat, refuge, and resources to millions of species, including many that are commercially important ... Reefs provide protection to coastlines, and areas for research, recreation, and education.
 * Article: Since 1995, the North Atlantic area has experienced an increase in hurricane activity. However, this increase cannot be fully explained by human-induced climate change, but may also be influenced by natural variations. In general, it is difficult to predict future hurricane activity, especially on a regional scale, due to uncertainties in modelling parameters. However, many studies suggest that hurricanes worldwide will become less frequent but more intense, with higher wind speeds and heavier rainfall, resulting in greater destructive power.
 * Source (p. 3): Since 1995, however, hurricane activity has increased. This increase in hurricane activity cannot be entirely attributed to anthropogenic climate change and may also be a result of natural variability. Projections of future hurricane activity are difficult to make, especially on regional scales, due to uncertainties in modelling parameters. However, various studies predict a decrease in frequency, but increase in intensity of hurricanes on a global scale. Thus, hurricanes will have greater wind speeds and heavier precipitation, and therefore greater destructive power.
 * Article: In Puerto Rico, there are bioluminescent bays and lagoon ecosystems. In these rare ecosystems, bioluminescent algae gather and emit light. Because of the small, narrow embayments to the sea, water lingers longer in the bays and large populations of algae develop. Factors such as water circulation patterns and wind can also contribute to maintaining high species diversity in these ecosystems.
 * Source (p. 53): Bioluminescent bays and lagoons in Puerto Rico are unique, rare ecosystems where the accumulation and retention of bioluminescent dinoflagellates result in the display of light. Most bioluminescent systems are small, shallow (average depth: approximately 3.5 m), and with narrow inlets to the sea (approximately 100 – 150 m wide), leading to long water residence times and abundant populations of dinoflagellates. Other factors, such as wind and water circulation patterns, may be important for maintaining high abundances of species within these ecosystems.


 * @Bneu2013 - I have deleted these - did you use Earwig or any similar tool as part of your DYK review and if so did it detect any more? Chidgk1 (talk) 17:35, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Sojourner in the earth I ran Earwig's Copyvio Detector (copyvios.toolforge.org) and have now deleted all the copyvio I have been able to find. Over to you and @Bneu2013 to decide what to do now. Chidgk1 (talk) 09:12, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I apologize, but I was trying to do a QPQ, yet was unfamiliar with this process. I apologize for the mishaps. Bneu2013 (talk) 09:44, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Earwig only detects exact matches, not close paraphrasing. I think it also doesn't include PDFs, embedded content or paywalled content in its search. It probably wouldn't have caught any of the examples I gave above. I'm afraid the only way to be sure there is no more close paraphrasing is to manually check each sentence against its source, or to totally rewrite the article from scratch. This is why I said fixing these problems would require a substantial amount of work. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 09:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I see - thanks for explaining Earwig limitations. I hope someone will eventually write a tool which will be able to check for close paraphrasing. Meanwhile I don't want to spend the time manually checking or rewriting everything so you had better close this DYK I guess. Chidgk1 (talk) 13:48, 10 July 2023 (UTC)