Claim reviews
Electroverse article incorrectly claims the Sun is behind climate change
CLAIM
the IPCC is wrong − the sun, not CO2, drove modern global warming
SOURCE: Roger Higgs, Electroverse
Published: 18 Mar 2020
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Sea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods
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Sea level rise has been slow and a constant, pre-dating industrialization
SOURCE: Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
Published: 12 Mar 2020
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Data from glaciers around the world show most are shrinking as a consequence of global warming
CLAIM
90 percent of the world’s glaciers are growing.
SOURCE: IceAgeNow, Principia Scientific International
Published: 26 Feb 2020
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Current climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations
CLAIM
Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
SOURCE: Patrick Moore, PragerU
Published: 21 Feb 2020
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Sea levels have risen throughout the 20th century, contrary to claim in online articles
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Scientists were caught 'adjusting' sea level data to create false impression of rising oceans
SOURCE: Vicki Batts, James Delingpole, Signs of the Times, Breitbart
Published: 20 Feb 2020
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NOAA does not fraudulently adjust data to create the illusion of a global warming trend
CLAIM
Using complex statistical models, [NOAA] change[s] the data to reflect not reality, but their underlying theories of global warming.
SOURCE: Anonymous, Investor's Business Daily
Published: 19 Feb 2020
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CO2 emissions from human activities have imbalanced the atmospheric carbon budget, significantly contributing to climate change, contrary to online claim
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Less than 5% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by man [... they] can’t cause 30% of today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide
SOURCE: I&I Editorial Board, Issues & Insights
Published: 11 Feb 2020
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Claims of a coming 30-year “mini ice age” are not supported by science
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Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
SOURCE: Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, The Sun, Express
Published: 06 Feb 2020
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Studies do not support blog’s claim that volcanic activity is causing melting of West Antarctic glaciers
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Volcanoes Melting West Antarctic Glaciers, Not Global Warming
SOURCE: Robert W. Felix, James Edward Kamis, IceAgeNow.info, PlateClimatology.com
Published: 20 Jan 2020
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Simple measurements demonstrate that CO2 is a greenhouse gas contrary to claim in online blogs
CLAIM
CO2 is not a greenhouse gas.
SOURCE: Tim Ball, Technocracy.news
Published: 14 Jan 2020
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