Contrary to widespread misrepresentation, new study finds “extremely minimal” impact of human breathing on climate

CLAIM
Scientists say human breathing is fueling global warming

SOURCE: Jonathan Chadwick, Daily Mail (MailOnline)

Published: 12 Jan 2024

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Viral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production

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Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change

SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram

Published: 09 Jan 2024

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Uncertainties about future climate change in the 1970’s does not invalidate today’s evidence on the reality of global warming

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Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming

SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook

Published: 19 Dec 2023

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Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, but it is not a major driver of global warming

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Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas so it is the main cause of recent global warming

SOURCE: Facebook users, Climate Change is Crap

Published: 08 Dec 2023

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Video of Ian Plimer incorrectly states that human CO2 emissions are not responsible for increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming

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Increases in atmospheric CO2 is mainly from natural causes, like ocean outgassing, and not from humans who emit so little in comparison

SOURCE: Ian Plimer, Conservative Political Action Conference

Published: 04 Dec 2023

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Global warming matches model predictions well despite misconstrued claims about new photosynthesis study

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New photosynthesis study shows that Earth is not warming as predicted by climate models

SOURCE: Steve Milloy, Twitter

Published: 01 Dec 2023

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Wall Street Journal article questions decades of scientific evidence demonstrating elevated atmospheric-CO2 causes global warming

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We do not know if CO2 is the cause of global warming

SOURCE: Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Wall Street Journal

Published: 21 Nov 2023

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No convincing evidence that offshore wind activities explain the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast despite claims of a proven link by offshore wind energy opponents

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New documentary proves building offshore wind farms is responsible for the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast since 2016

SOURCE: Michael Shellenberger, New York Post

Published: 20 Oct 2023

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Claim that current climate change can be explained satisfactorily by natural cycles and volcanic activity does not have scientific support

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The cyclical activity of the Sun as well as other variations in solar and earth activity, and NOT anthropogenic CO2 emissions, are responsible for climate change

SOURCE: Social media user, Twitter

Published: 18 Sep 2023

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CLINTEL group inaccurately represents climate science in its declaration of “no climate emergency” once again

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Global warming is just the end of the Little Ice Age; Warming is slower than climate models forecasted; Carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth; Global warming is not intensifying or increasing the frequency of natural disasters

SOURCE: Naveen Athrappully, The Epoch Times, Global Climate Intelligence Group (“CLINTEL”)

Published: 04 Sep 2023

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