Innumeracy on display.
I find it hard to believe someone with those credentials would be unfamiliar with mathematical concepts.
It's a shame because the article doesn't need to "hype" up the temperature. It would have gotten my interest regardless
It's entirely reasonable to judge a publication on the basis of a headline not matching the article. It is not at all reasonable to judge the article's author concerning a headline they did not write, had no say in and probably did not even seen prior to publication.