Claim reviews
More than 75 percent of the Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, as described by the Washington Post
CLAIM
More than 75 percent of the rainforest is losing resilience; More than half of the rainforest could be converted into savanna in a matter of decades
SOURCE: Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post
Published: 15 Mar 2022
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Coral cover in the Great Barrier Reef improved in 2021, but that doesn’t mean the reef is ‘growing quickly,’ contrary to Daily Wire claim
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Study Shows The Great Barrier Reef Is Growing Quickly
SOURCE: Ben Zeisloft, The Daily Wire
Published: 30 Oct 2021
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Electric cars aren’t seven times more expensive than gasoline-powered cars, as claimed on Facebook
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An electric car “costs more than seven times as much” as a gasoline powered car
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 21 Oct 2021
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A 2014 study showed that the US Corn Belt is one of the biggest primary producers on Earth in July, but didn’t show that it produces more oxygen than the Amazon
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"the US corn crop, at its peak, produces 40% more oxygen than the Amazon rainforest."
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook (see claim in context)
Published: 23 Sep 2021
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Global warming contributes to increased heat-related mortality, contrary to Bjorn Lomborg’s unsupported claims that climate change is saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year
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"Global warming saves 166,000 lives each year"; those claiming that climate change is causing heat-related deaths are wrong because they ignore that the population is growing and becoming older
SOURCE: Bjorn Lomborg, New York Post, Facebook
Published: 15 Sep 2021
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Sea temperatures around the Great Barrier Reef have increased over the last 150 years, contrary to claim at Wattsupwiththat
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"Great Barrier Reef Sea Surface Temperature: No Change In 150 Years"
SOURCE: David Mason-Jones, Wattsupwiththat?
Published: 08 Sep 2021
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Solar forcing is not the main cause of current global warming, contrary to claim by Alex Newman in the Epoch Times
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The Sun and not human emissions of carbon dioxide may be the main cause of warmer temperatures in recent decades. There is a systemic bias in UN IPCC's data selection.
SOURCE: Alex Newman, The Epoch Times, The Western Journal, Newsmax
Published: 30 Aug 2021
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Despite 2021 being a good year for coral health, coral in the Great Barrier Reef has declined over the past decade and is threatened by climate change, contrary to claims by Peter Ridd
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“The amount of coral on the Great Barrier Reef is at record high levels”; those claiming the reef is threatened by climate change are alarmists
SOURCE: Peter Ridd, The Australian, Climate Change Dispatch, Watts Up With That?
Published: 21 Aug 2021
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YouTube video falsely claims that climate models systematically over-estimated warming and that we are heading towards an ice age
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"The official observed temperatures are coming consistently below the scary global warming numbers"; "Melting polar ice triggers ice age"
SOURCE: Ben Davidson, Suspicious0bservers
Published: 27 May 2021
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No device can plug into your car’s fusebox to improve engine efficiency and turn it into a hybrid
CLAIM
Plugging this device into a car’s fuse box can reduce fuel consumption by at least 35% and up to 75% by converting the car into a hybrid.
SOURCE: Anonymous, Christianity Today
Published: 05 May 2021
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