User:GlaciersareCool/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The Glaciology article.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because of my personal interest in the cryosphere. Additionally, the science of glaciology is becoming increasingly important with how rapidly our climate is changing, so I believe it is important to have accurate and unbiased information on this discipline.

Evaluate the article
Although the first sentence is mostly accurate and to the point, I believe it emphasizes the study of glaciers too much. Glaciology is in large part the study of the cryosphere, of which glaciers are only a part.

Also, the section on astroglaciology almost seems to imply that astroglaciologists only focus on the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Pluto. Although I would need to find a source on this, I am fairly certain that there are scientists who study ice on exoplanets as well.

Many of the paragraphs do not seem to have any citations other than linking to other Wikipedia articles. I would like to see a recent source on ice sheets being called "continental glaciers" as, as far as I know, it is widely accepted among glaciologists that ice sheets are not glaciers. The only source I found for this term was from 2006.

The writing quality is good and the images included are directly related to the subject.The talk page mostly includes conversation on sources and what exactly glaciology covers. I believe that the name "Glaciology" makes people assume glaciologists only care about alpine glaciers.

The article as it is is largely accurate and informative, but it could use some improvements. Also, it might be nice to have a section on notable glaciologists since this article is about glaciology, not glaciers.