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 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..

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

"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..

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 ..

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Latest Claim Reviews

Climate change is one factor affecting how fires in Australia burn, regardless of whether arsonists or lightning started them

"the bushfires [in Australia] were caused by arsonists and a series of lightning strikes, not 'climate change'"

Sean Adl-Tabatabai, Thomas D. Williams, NewsPunch, Breitbart

- 08 Jan 2020

False claim that wind turbines generate more global warming than fossil fuels misrepresents study it relies on

"Harvard study finds that wind turbines create MORE global warming than the fossil fuels they eliminate"

Ethan Huff, Ecology.news

- 23 Dec 2019

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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...

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...

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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