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

Accurate information is the foundation of a functioning democracy

WHAT WE DO

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

Low solar activity has little effect on Earth’s climate, contrary to claim in The Sun

"The sun has gone into ‘lockdown’ which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, say scientists"

Chris Pollard, The Sun

- 20 May 2020

The global polar bear population is threatened by loss of sea ice, contrary to PragerU’s video claim

The polar bear population has been growing. Polar bears are thriving even where sea ice is diminishing.

Anonymous, PragerU

- 18 May 2020

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Latest Article Reviews

Video from PragerU makes several incorrect and misleading claims about climate change

This video discussing climate change was first published on PragerU’s website in April 2016 and recently posted on Facebook in May 2020. Scientists that evaluated the video found...

Article in Business Insider accurately describes results from a study estimating up to 3 billion people could live in much warmer temperatures by 2070

Business Insider

The article in Business Insider discusses findings from a study published May, 2020 that projected one to three billion people could live in much warmer climates by 2070, assuming ...

Article in The Sun misrepresents Antarctic discovery and misplaces it on map

This article in The Sun describes the chance discovery of a small island in Antarctica’s Pine Island Bay, which seems to have appeared in the last decade. But the article sensati...

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Insights

“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...

How is Arctic warming linked to the ‘polar vortex’ and other extreme weather?

Over the past decade, a growing body of research has proposed ways in which rapid Arctic warming can lead to harsh winters, summer heatwaves and even floods and droughts across the...

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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