False claim that wind turbines generate more global warming than fossil fuels misrepresents study it relies on

CLAIM
Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate

SOURCE: Ethan Huff, Ecology.news

Published: 23 Dec 2019

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Ice cube meme misrepresents physics of sea level rise to claim melting ice has no effect

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[Photo] A little science lesson for the #idiots at the global warming conference. Ice berg melts, ocean level remains the same.

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 17 Dec 2019

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1977 “coming ice age” Time magazine cover is a fake

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When the exact same group of 'experts' who claimed it was global cooling in 1977 now claim it's global warming you can easily see why I am skeptical

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 16 Dec 2019

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Bedrock heat flow studies made no claim contradicting human-caused melting of glaciers

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[A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets.

SOURCE: James Edward Kamis, Climate Change Dispatch

Published: 22 Nov 2019

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Claim of a coming ice age misrepresents the study it relies on

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Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age.

SOURCE: Stacy Liberatore, Chris Ciaccia, Daily Mail, Fox News

Published: 01 Nov 2019

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Human activities release far more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do

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That one little burp by Mt. Etna has already put more than 10,000 times the CO2 into the atmosphere than mankind has in our entire time on the Earth

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook post

Published: 31 Oct 2019

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Letter to the UN was not signed by 500 scientists or experts on climate science

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500 Scientists Write U.N.: ‘There Is No Climate Emergency’.... More than 500 scientists and professionals in climate and related fields have sent a 'European Climate Declaration' to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

SOURCE: Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart

Published: 30 Oct 2019

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Photo meme of Sydney Harbour incorrectly claims no sea level rise has occurred

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Unprecedented climate change has caused sea level at Sydney Harbour to rise approximately 0.0 cm over the past 140 years.

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook post

Published: 28 Oct 2019

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2°C is not known to be a “point of no return”, as Jonathan Franzen claims

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The consensus among scientists and policy-makers is that we’ll pass this point of no return if the global mean temperature rises by more than two degrees Celsius

SOURCE: Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker

Published: 17 Sep 2019

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There is overwhelming evidence that current climate change is significantly caused by human carbon emissions contrary to claim in Townhall

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Human-produced carbon might be one of the factors [of climate change], but there’s simply no evidence that it is a significant one.

SOURCE: Kurt Schlichter, Townhall

Published: 11 Sep 2019

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