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A worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction.
Our goal is to empower readers to discern trustworthy news.
Insights
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How much electricity do data centers use, and can they run on renewables?
Data centers are largely powered by fossil fuels today, but that may start to change.
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How do solar and wind change the electric grid?
Power grids don’t just move electricity around – they are complex works of engineering
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Cutting emissions today limits future climate impacts, but certain changes are ‘locked in’ due to past CO2 emissions
Sea levels will rise this century and remain elevated for thousands of years due to our past emissions. Ice sheets, glaciers, and ocean temperatures will also face irreversible changes.
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Recent Reviews
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Inaccurate
No, the ocean is not ‘cooling’, contrary to viral claims – it’s been warming at an accelerating rate
Claim:
Global ocean temperatures have been cooling, proving there is no global warming.
Source: X/Twitter, Peter Clack, 2025-07-20 -
Lacks context
Wide Awake Media repeats misleading claims that wind turbines are expensive and environmentally unfriendly
Claim:
Building a single wind turbine requires a jaw-dropping quantity of energy and resources. Wind turbines are expensive, inefficient, bird-, and bat-slaying.
Source: X/Twitter, Wide Awake Media, 2025-07-18 -
Misleading
Inadequate analysis of Japan data used to spread false claim about COVID-19 vaccine mortality
Claim:
Japanese database of 18 million vaccinated people show that the more COVID-19 vaccine doses you get, the sooner you die
Source: United Citizens for Stopping mRNA Vaccines, Rumble, Twitter/X, YouTube, Yasufumi Murakami, Peter Imanuelsen (aka Peter Sweden), Emerald Robinson, 2025-07-12 -
Misleading U.S. Department of Energy climate report chooses bias over science, climate scientists say
DOE report written by climate contrarians shares misleading information, misrepresents scientific articles, cherry-picks results to fit a narrative and excludes well-established evidence.
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Inaccurate
Study finds Southern Ocean’s surface is becoming saltier and losing sea ice, not experiencing an ‘ocean current reversal’
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New study finds a major current in the Southern Ocean has reversed.
Source: The Guardian, Twitter/X, Social media users, 2025-07-10 -
Inaccurate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents CDC study, spreading false claim about hepatitis B vaccine-autism link
Claim:
CDC study in 1999 reported 1,135% increased risk of autism after hepatitis B vaccination; CDC then covered up the results
Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2025-06-30
Analyses & Investigations
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Flagged and Ignored: Testing X’s Response to EU Sanction Violations
Executive Summary Background Under the current EU sanctions regime against Russia, Russian state media outlets and affiliated figures are banned…
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Who’s afraid of the electric car? The Narrative War Delaying Climate Action in Europe
A joint report by Science Feedback and Newtral reveals that climate disinformation on transport is not the result of isolated…
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Online misinformation pays. Why? Taking stock of a broad range of evidence
This report examines the financial infrastructure that enables misinformation in Europe through a broad analysis of advertising and monetization practices across major social media platforms and services offering ads on the open web (Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube and Google Display Ads).
News & events
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EuroClimateCheck: Climate fact-checking database website now live
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Telegram takes unprecedented step in blocking Russian media channels, but enforcement remains incomplete
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Science Feedback, QuotaClimat, and Data for Good Launch Climate Safeguard, an AI Tool to Detect Climate Misinformation on TV and Radio