Claim reviews
Video of Ian Plimer incorrectly states that human CO2 emissions are not responsible for increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming
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Increases in atmospheric CO2 is mainly from natural causes, like ocean outgassing, and not from humans who emit so little in comparison
SOURCE: Ian Plimer, Conservative Political Action Conference
Published: 04 Dec 2023
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Global warming matches model predictions well despite misconstrued claims about new photosynthesis study
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New photosynthesis study shows that Earth is not warming as predicted by climate models
SOURCE: Steve Milloy, Twitter
Published: 01 Dec 2023
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Wall Street Journal article questions decades of scientific evidence demonstrating elevated atmospheric-CO2 causes global warming
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We do not know if CO2 is the cause of global warming
SOURCE: Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Wall Street Journal
Published: 21 Nov 2023
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No convincing evidence that offshore wind activities explain the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast despite claims of a proven link by offshore wind energy opponents
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New documentary proves building offshore wind farms is responsible for the increase in whale deaths off the U.S. East Coast since 2016
SOURCE: Michael Shellenberger, New York Post
Published: 20 Oct 2023
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Claim that current climate change can be explained satisfactorily by natural cycles and volcanic activity does not have scientific support
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The cyclical activity of the Sun as well as other variations in solar and earth activity, and NOT anthropogenic CO2 emissions, are responsible for climate change
SOURCE: Social media user, Twitter
Published: 18 Sep 2023
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CLINTEL group inaccurately represents climate science in its declaration of “no climate emergency” once again
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Global warming is just the end of the Little Ice Age; Warming is slower than climate models forecasted; Carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth; Global warming is not intensifying or increasing the frequency of natural disasters
SOURCE: Naveen Athrappully, The Epoch Times, Global Climate Intelligence Group (“CLINTEL”)
Published: 04 Sep 2023
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Nearly three decades on, the chemtrail-HAARP geoengineering conspiracy theory remains popular despite lack of evidence and no scientific basis
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Global weather is controlled by secret geoengineering programs using chemtrails and ionosphere heating facilities.
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 31 Aug 2023
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Magnetic poles reversals are not cataclysmic events as claimed in the ‘Adam and Eve’ theory discussed on Joe Rogan podcast
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Magnetic poles reversals involve the Earth flipping vertically and momentarily stopping its rotation, causing cataclysmic events during 6 days.
SOURCE: Joe Rogan & Jimmy Corsetti, TikTok & Spotify
Published: 14 Jun 2023
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Temperatures on Earth are increasing and the rise is drastically outpacing previous natural changes in the planet’s climate
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“We have been cooling down for the past 4000 years”; the Earth has cooled since the ‘medieval warming’, “It’s all about when you start the measurements”
SOURCE: Ian Plimer, Media Research Center
Published: 15 May 2023
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The Antarctic’s ice coverage is not increasing to record levels, nor is the continent getting colder, contrary to Curry and Easterbrook claims in CFACT movie
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Antarctic sea-ice extent is increasing to record levels. Antarctica is getting colder; its sea ice and ice cap are not melting
SOURCE: Judith Curry and Don Easterbrook, CFACT
Published: 28 Apr 2023
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