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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.
Scott Johnson
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Source: Express, Sean Martin, 2019-07-29 -
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Research does not show a Medieval Warm Period warmer than the present day
Claim:
18 proxies tell us the world was the same or warmer 1,000 years ago
Source: joannenova.com.au, Joanne Nova, 2019-07-26 -
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Hosted by former Australian senator, Tony Heller repeats false claim that scientists fake the warming trend
Claim:
[T]he raw data, the actual thermometer data[...] shows that the US has been cooling for 80 to 90 years. But the graphs they release to the public show warming trend, and it's all because they've altered the data.
Source: EXOMATRIXTV, Tony Heller, 2019-07-20 -
1.3High
NBC News story accurately covers research on two millennia of climate history
“This accurately describes new peer-reviewed research and asks independent scientists with relevant expertise to provide important context, such as how these results rely on limited southern hemisphere data. Simplifications help readers understand important points without misleading them.”
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Data shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years
Claim:
Earth’s mean temperature over the last 2,000 years shows two previous periods when temperatures were warmer than they are now; from 1–200 A.D., an epoch called the Roman Warm Period, and more recently the Medieval Warm Period from 900–1100 A.D.
Source: Townhall, Gregory Rummo, 2019-07-23 -
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Sky News Australia interview falsely claims that global cooling is coming soon
Claim:
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is misleading humanity about climate change and sea levels, and that in fact a new solar-driven cooling period is not far off
Source: Sky News Australia, Alan Jones, Nils Axel-Mörner, 2019-06-17 -
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Non-peer-reviewed manuscript falsely claims natural cloud changes can explain global warming
Claim:
During the last hundred years the temperature is increased about 0.1°C because of carbon dioxide. The human contribution was about 0.01°C.
Source: Fox News, Sky News Australia, Summit.news, Zero Hedge, Jyrki Kauppinen, Paul Joseph Watson, Pekka Malmi, 2019-07-11 -
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On Fox News, Patrick Michaels falsely claims humans are only responsible for half of global warming
Claim:
So that means that probably about half, maybe half of that nine-tenths of the degree [of total warming] might be caused by greenhouse gases
Source: Fox News, Patrick Michaels, 2018-10-21 -
1.7Very high
Popular article in The Independent accurately summarizes June heat in Europe
“The article accurately and clearly states the facts regarding the recent extreme heat in June 2019 and its link to anthropogenic warming. This includes acknowledging that, at this point, this June record and its connection to climate change is based on only a single temperature product and one attribution study, and that further analysis may slightly change the initial conclusions drawn by researchers.”
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Inaccurate
NASA did not create global warming by manipulating data
Claim:
[NASA] has been adjusting temperatures from the past[...] downward, while adjusting current-day temperatures upward, and those changes are responsible for most of the claimed global warming during that time.
Source: The New American, James Murphy, Tony Heller, 2019-06-26
