Scientific Reference to Reliable Information on Climate Change - Climate Feedback

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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 Article Reviews

Popular story on Fox2Now accurately describes 2017 global temperature, sea ice extent

"The article is factually correct. The reality that Arctic sea ice is getting younger is not so well known from the public, so such an article is welcome. The article’s title an..

Washington Post accurately describes ocean warming study (which has since been corrected)

The Washington Post

"The Washington Post article accurately reports the results and links to other topics using reliable sources. Quotations from Pieter Tans and Paul Durack add important caveats show..

Guardian story accurately describes study on environmental impacts of our food system

"Although the presented facts are clear, the scientists give a personal interpretation of the priorities and needed policies, which are not covered in the source. The data give add..

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Latest Claim Reviews

"[S]unspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped to a new low. It’s feared this could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim ‘mini Ice Age’."

Jasper Hamill, Metro

"The rate of warming according to the data is much slower than the models used by the IPCC"

Myron Ebell, BBC Newsnight

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Insights

False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts

Similar claims that we would be heading towards an imminent “mini ice age” were also repeated without verification throughout a network of unreliable outlets for climate news ...

Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean

"While the variations in the Sun’s magnetic activity (leading to small variations in solar radiation reaching the Earth) have some discernible effect on our climate, their impact..

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Climate Feedback receives Special Mention of the Jury for the Best Climate Solutions Award 2018

Climate Feedback was recognized for bringing its “expertise, balance, and commitment against fake news and catastrophism”. The jury said about Climate Feedback: “Fact-checkin...

Climate Feedback accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter for the second year

Climate Feedback has received accreditation by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at The Poynter Institute for the second year. Climate Feedback is the first and only a...

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