Claim reviews
Pyramid-shaped peaks in Antarctica are naturally carved by glaciers, not constructed by an ancient civilization
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Ancient civilizations once inhabited Antarctica, as shown by the pyramids there, but the continent’s position and climate rapidly changed due to ‘tectonics and pole shift’.
SOURCE: Billy Carson, YouTube
Published: 09 Jul 2024
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NASA’s ocean exploration and research is ongoing; no mysterious discovery stopped their efforts, contrary to social media claims
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NASA stopped exploring the oceans after a mysterious discovery.
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok
Published: 14 Jun 2024
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Sea levels have risen for over 100 years; despite misleading photos shared on social media
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Sea-level rise is not occurring or showing any impacts, based on photographic evidence.
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook
Published: 13 Jun 2024
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Dead things transform into fossil fuels in Earth’s crust over millions of years; no evidence of deeper origins or renewable source
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Oil and gas are not "fossil fuels"; they are a renewable energy source generated in Earth's deeper interior (i.e., upper mantle)
SOURCE: Social media user, X/Twitter
Published: 07 Jun 2024
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Colorful auroras seen in May 2024 were caused by mass ejections from the Sun; not by HAARP experiments
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May 2024 auroras were caused by experiments from High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) experiments
SOURCE: Social media Users, Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok, YouTube
Published: 16 May 2024
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Carbon isotopes do not show that humans’ climate impacts are too small to notice, despite the Daily Sceptic’s inaccurate claim
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Human-caused carbon emissions’ effect on climate is ‘non-discernible’. Measurements of carbon isotope ratios in atmospheric CO2 indicate that it is the recent expansion of a more productive biosphere that has led to increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
SOURCE: Chris Morrison, Daily Sceptic
Published: 26 Apr 2024
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No evidence for a significant influence of volcanoes or solar variability on recent climate change contrary to Judith Curry’s claims in PragerU video
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Climate scientists disagree about how much warming is associated with our emissions and whether this warming is larger than natural climate variability from the sun and volcanic eruptions
SOURCE: Judith Curry, PragerU
Published: 26 Apr 2024
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Data shows temperatures rising in Greenland and around the world; current global warming is driven by CO2, not solar activity
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Ice cores from Greenland show no significant warming, casting doubt on the climate change theory
SOURCE: Stephen Andrews, The Daily Sceptic
Published: 25 Mar 2024
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Arctic sea ice has been melting over the past decades with projections for summer ice-free conditions by mid-century
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Arctic sea ice is not melting and there is no indication that we should expect the Arctic sea summer ice to disappear completely, as predicted
SOURCE: Allan Astrup Jensen, The Epoch Times
Published: 07 Mar 2024
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Optimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced
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High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans
SOURCE: Jimmy Corsetti, Bright Insight
Published: 13 Feb 2024
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