User:Erg223/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Climate variability and change

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
This article addresses climate change and it's history. This is central to my interest in my ecology class, which assigned this evaluation. I am taking the class to pursue a sustainability minor and ultimately address climate changes.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead sentence defines the topic that the article is focused on. It briefly describes the differences between climate variability and climate change. While this seems out of place, it is likely a clarifier for the rest of the passage. Overall, the lead is concise, involving important details for the history of climate change.

The article's content is very relevant, addressing different measurements and displays of climate variability. The article does also appear to be up to date, although it lacks exact mentions of recent years. Still, some of the sources are very recent. The article also maintains a neutral tone, only using objective descriptions of climate measurements and history.

The article is concise in clear. It also appears as though correct sources were used as it cites many journals and reviews. The images and graphics are also well cited and described.

Overall the article is strong. It is very long but concise, it just attempts to address many aspects of climate variability. Still, these aspects adhere to the organizational structure in the contents section. If anything, I would improve the article by trimming it to ensure readers remain interested in the content. Unfortunately, this would be difficult to do without removing important information.