Fire From the Sky · source record · paper
RETRACTED: A 12,800-year-old layer with cometary dust, microspherules, and platinum anomaly recorded in multiple cores from Baffin Bay
Moore, C. R.; Tselmovich, V. A.; LeCompte, M. A.; West, A.; et al. (21 authors total) · 2025
AI-verified citationSRC-BAFFIN-2025
- identifier / locator
- PLOS ONE 20(8): e0328347, published 2025-08-06; retracted 2026-02-11. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328347
- verification note
- Confirmed via Crossref and the PLOS ONE page (2026-08-22 batch), including the retracted status and retraction linkage.
- reliability notes
- RETRACTED — results and conclusions cannot be relied upon as published; retained here because understanding precisely what was claimed (and why it failed) is part of this case's record.
- Disclosed Comet Research Group funding and CRG co-founder/director authorship; also disclosed use of ChatGPT/GPT-4 for language refinement — which is distinct from the undisclosed-AI referencing concern raised in the retraction.