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Latest Claim Reviews

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, but it is not a major driver of global warming

Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas so it is the main cause of recent global warming

Facebook users, Climate Change is Crap

- 08 Dec 2023

Video of Ian Plimer incorrectly states that human CO2 emissions are not responsible for increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming

Increases in atmospheric CO2 is mainly from natural causes, like ocean outgassing, and not from humans who emit so little in comparison

Ian Plimer, Conservative Political Action Conference

- 04 Dec 2023

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Latest Article Reviews

Wall Street Journal op-ed by Steven Koonin publishes misleading claims about how climate change influences Greenland ice melt

Wall Street Journal

Human-caused climate change is already accelerating Greenland’s melting and is predicted to continue to accelerate it in the future. In addition to Greenland, most glaciers aroun...

- 24 Feb 2022

PragerU video on climate change repeats a range of misleading claims by Steven Koonin

PragerU

"The author of this video, Dr. Steven Koonin, says he is following the scientific reports published by the UN and US government, but by subtly changing wording and choosing not to ..

- 29 Nov 2021

Rain fell on Greenland summit for the first time on record, as accurately reported by CNN

CNN

"The article is highly factual. One issue that we have is the lack of data over the Greenland Ice Sheet (both spatially and temporally). Thus some of the claims, although backed by..

- 29 Sep 2021

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Insights

Of the many factors that cause wildfires, the influence of climate change and human activities is growing

Although there are multiple things at play when it comes to wildfires, climate change is becoming increasingly important. Wildfires are the result of complex interactions between b...

- 16 Oct 2023

Authorities undertaking climate action targeted by viral “Climate lockdowns” narrative on social media

The increasing number of measures to limit greenhouse gas pollution that can be expected in the future will certainly present opportunities for future weaponization and misrepresen...

- 19 Jul 2023

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News & Events

Google’s demonetization of misinformation: one year on

ProPublica finds that Google still monetizes many websites and articles that promote harmful misinformation, much of which is in direct breach of its stated demonetization policy. ...

- 07 Nov 2022

Introducing the Climate Science Desk, Science Feedback’s new portal to help journalists verify climate claims

Supported by the Climate Misinformation Grant Program from the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, Science Feedback is launching the Climate Scienc...

- 09 Sep 2022

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