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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

The Australian’s coverage of Great Barrier Reef study creates perception that scientists are divided

"The Australian chooses to present a mixed message on this story when the science is extremely clear. The title and quote from Prof. Kaempf do not represent the views of the broade..

Investor’s Business Daily editorial misrepresents study to claim plants will prevent dangerous climate change

Investors' Business Daily

"Our nitrogen study does not detract from the urgency of the climate problem, nor the unequivocal evidence of the role of carbon pollution in causing global climate change. The cli..

Washington Post accurately covers permafrost study, albeit under a somewhat sensational headline

The Washington Post

The article accurately described a study indicating that more of the carbon released from thawing permafrost will be released as methane and provided context on its overall implica...

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Latest Claim Reviews

"There isn’t yet any empirical evidence for their claim that greenhouse gases even cause temperatures to increase."

Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show

"We know that humans have most flourished during times of, what, warming trends. I think there are assumptions made that because the climate is warming, that that is necessarily a bad thing."

Scott Pruitt, KSNV NBC Las Vegas

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Insights

A discussion with experts on California wildfire links to climate change

In many of these conversations, the question is framed in a fairly reductionist way: “Did global warming cause the California fires?” A more nuanced and scientifically-answerab...

Most popular climate change stories of 2017 reviewed by scientists

Many stories were written about climate science in 2017, but were the ones that “went viral” scientifically accurate? To find out, we compiled a list of articles with the most ...

News & Events

Poynter Training “SciFacts II: Fact-Checking Claims About Science”

Tuesday, October 17, 9 a.m. -5 p.m The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Poynter Institute will host a free one-day workshop to discuss the key challenges of repor...

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

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

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