Did you know that they were well received at a geoscience conference?
I know they
claim to have been well received. Bear in mind that pretty much anyone can present pretty much anything at those poster sessions; the material is not reviewed. I've seen comments by those present at the meeting saying that the reception was polite but bemused; the audience appeared to have difficulty believing thaat anyone could seriously present such garbage.
This bears the question, if their results have been refuted, wouldn't these well educated scientists have noticed?
Yup. The well educated scientists noticed.