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ARTICLES REVIEWED
Video interview of Ian Plimer at Sky News falsely claims that a new study announces an incoming ice age, partly based on an incorrect Daily Mail headline
in Sky News, by Ian Plimer
— 20 Jan 2021
"This video is chock full of false and misleading information, and presented in a way to make the correct scientific information seem like a farce. For example, the direct link bet..
Analysis of “Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years”
in The Telegraph, by Dan Hyde
— 30 Jul 2015
"The whole argument in the article rests on the incorrect myth that the Maunder minimum caused a "mini ice age" and uses that name to draw specious implications and conclusions.
CLAIMS REVIEWED
Claims of a coming 30-year “mini ice age” are not supported by science
CLAIM
Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
SOURCE: Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, The Sun, Express
Published: 06 Feb 2020
VERDICT
Express article falsely warns of a solar-induced “ice age”
CLAIM
The current solar minimum could last for more than three decades which could lead to temperatures plummeting across the globe, scientists have warned.
SOURCE: Sean Martin, Express
Published: 06 Aug 2019
VERDICT
Claim in The Express that low solar activity is bringing cold weather is false
CLAIM
Cold weather to grip world as solar minimum to deepen, NASA says
SOURCE: Sean Martin, Express
Published: 24 Apr 2019
VERDICT