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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

ABC article effectively illustrates important climate trends for Australian readers

Australian Broadcasting Company

"This article is exceptionally good in delivering accurate information in an engaging way. There are many useful statements made about the effects of climate change on extreme weat..

- 11 Dec 2019

Ian Plimer op-ed in The Australian again presents long list of false claims about climate

The Australian

"This article is a mixture of misdirection, misleading claims, and outright falsehoods. The author attempts to paint a picture of current climate change as simply a continuation of..

- 26 Nov 2019

New York Times op-ed claiming scientists underestimated climate change lacks supporting evidence

The New York Times

"Most of the specific facts and statistics in this op-ed are correct, but the overall effect is significantly misleading. The author’s central point is that scientists have been ..

- 18 Nov 2019

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Latest Claim Reviews

CO₂ emissions from human activities have imbalanced the atmospheric carbon budget, significantly contributing to climate change, contrary to online claim

"Less than 5% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by man [... they] can’t cause 30% of today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide"

Editorial Board, Issues & Insights

- 11 Feb 2020

Claims of a coming 30-year “mini ice age” are not supported by science

"Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’"

Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, The Sun, Express

- 06 Feb 2020

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Insights

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...

- 01 Feb 2019

How credible were 2018’s most popular climate articles?

Compared to last year’s top 10, there is a notable lack of low credibility stories. Two stories garnered mixed reviews from scientists. In one case, this was an article detailing...

- 24 Jan 2019

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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...

- 08 May 2019

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...

- 11 Feb 2019

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