Ian Richardson

Research Scientist, NASA/University of Maryland

Expertise: Astronomy

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CLAIMS REVIEWED

No evidence for a significant influence of volcanoes or solar variability on recent climate change contrary to Judith Curry’s claims in PragerU video

CLAIM
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

VERDICT

The sun isn’t responsible for current climate change, contrary to claims in Suspicious0bservers YouTube video

CLAIM
Scientists have neglected the effect of solar particles, cosmic rays, the interplanetary magnetic field and Earth's weakening magnetic field to conclude climate change is due to human activity

SOURCE: Ben Davidson, Suspicious0bservers

Published: 29 Jul 2022

VERDICT