Claim reviews
Scientists observe most widespread bleaching event ever recorded at The Great Barrier Reef
CLAIM
The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing the most widespread bleaching ever recorded
SOURCE: Michael Slezak and Penny Timms, ABC News
Published: 11 Apr 2020
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The Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, but The Independent claim fails to grasp significance of study it relies on
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The ozone layer is healing
SOURCE: Louise Boyle, The Independent
Published: 07 Apr 2020
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Deforestation can facilitate the emergence and spread of some infectious diseases
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Deforestation has made humans more vulnerable to pandemics
SOURCE: Lani Chan and Tom McKenna, Now This
Published: 01 Apr 2020
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Global data contradict claim of no acceleration in sea level rise
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The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration
SOURCE: Willis Eschenbach, Watts Up With That?
Published: 01 Apr 2020
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Temperature trends in the U.S. are consistent with warming around the world, contrary to Electroverse claim
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Historical data of temperature in the U.S. destroys global warming myth
SOURCE: Cap Allon, Electroverse
Published: 24 Mar 2020
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CO2 can increase plant growth in greenhouses while also negatively affecting ecosystems and human societies
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CO2 is a plant nutrient...it’s not a pollutant that threatens human civilization. If CO2 was so terrible for the planet, then installing a CO2 generator in a greenhouse would kill the plants.
SOURCE: Mike Adams, Natural News
Published: 19 Mar 2020
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Electroverse article incorrectly claims the Sun is behind climate change
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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
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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
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Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
SOURCE: Patrick Moore, PragerU
Published: 21 Feb 2020
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