Scientific Reference to Reliable Information on Climate Change - Climate Feedback

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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 Article Reviews

Guardian story on climate impacts of diet gets mixed reviews from scientists

"The word “Avoiding” in title and text is overly strong and should have been “Reducing”. Adopting a vegan diet is not necessary, but a reduction to having meat 1-2 times a ..

Story on congressman’s incorrect claims about sea level rise could have corrected them more explicitly

Science Magazine, E&E News

"The comments from the members of the Committee suffer from severe inaccuracies and misconceptions, and citations of the invited climate scientist mostly address those issues. In ..

USA Today story updates readers on trend in monthly global temperatures

"The piece accurately reports the surface temperature record warming of recent decades and joins the dots appropriately to the underlying cause of human emissions. It appropriately..

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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

Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm

YouTube's recommendation algorithm recently began promoting a video about climate change on dozens of popular Youtube channels; the video has been promoted to between 300,000 and 2...

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 ...

News & Events

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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