Climate Feedback – A Scientific Reference to Reliable Information on Climate Change

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Climate Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in climate change media coverage. Our goal is to help readers know which news to trust.

Latest Claim Reviews

A third of Antarctic ice shelf risks collapse at 4°C above pre-industrial levels, as accurately described in CNN article

"A third of Antarctic ice shelf risks collapse as our planet warms"

Amy Woodyatt, CNN

- 16 Apr 2021

Deserts cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation to space; vegetated areas have an overall warming effect, so planting trees in deserts doesn’t necessarily cool the planet

"Deserts are heat producers, reflecting around 60% to 70% of the solar energy that falls on them straight back into the atmosphere."; "If we want to do something about global warming, we have to do something about deserts."

Ties Van der Hoeven, Steve Rose, The Guardian

- 09 Apr 2021

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Latest Article Reviews

Destruction of the Amazon forest very likely contributes to global warming, as accurately described in The National Geographic article

National Geographic

"The article is good overall, although there are two small issues. First, the title seems to overestimate the results. The scientific study the National Geographic article is based..

Atlantic ocean circulation system is slowing down, as accurately described in The New York Times article

The New York Times

"This article is well-written, and the visuals are outstanding. It is a very strong piece of science communication. That being said, there is at least one error. The author mistake..

Breitbart article makes numerous false claims about the impacts of climate change, based on Global Warming Policy Foundation post

"The article’s scientific credibility is very low. The author cherry-picks data, makes broad generalizations and characterizations based on incomplete or flimsy reasoning, and re..

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Insights

The potentials and limitations of tree plantings as a climate solution

the international conversation on tree plantings as a solution to reducing CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and mitigating the rise in global surface temperature is mixed, with judg...

“Planet of the Humans” documentary misleads viewers about renewable energy

Instead of presenting life cycle analyses for solar and wind generation or quantifying electric vehicle emissions that could inform viewers, Planet of the Humans misleads with broa...

News & Events

Perugia International Journalism Festival: media, news and the future of climate change

This panel will address these topics with experts coming from some of the leading experiences in the field that encompasses the communication of climate change for public opinion a...

European Science-Media Hub Workshop ‘Tackling misinformation and disinformation in science’

How to tackle disinformation in science? How scientists and journalists could work better together in order to prevent misinformation? The knowledge lab of the ESMH on 6th February...

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