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MisleadingBrush rake attachments are primarily used to pile up heavy forest debris as part of active thinning, harvesting, and removal projects
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“this is [...] a brush rake. It's used for clearing underbrush and debris from the forest floor that builds up and creates fuel for wild fires. Now you can stop looking stupid trying to make fun of Trump telling California to rake the forest.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2018-11-21 -
-1LowGuardian article on Arctic methane emissions claiming “a new climate feedback loop may have been triggered” lacks important context
“This article’s claim that methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean are starting to be released, awakening a “sleeping giant”, cannot be supported by the limited observational data. Besides, even if these newly found seeps are increasing, they are located too deep in the ocean to have a significant impact on the concentration of methane in the atmosphere.”
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MisleadingSea ice loss due to climate change is the biggest threat to polar bear survival and has already led to declines in some polar bear subpopulations, contrary to “Climate Realism” video message
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“In 1950, there were around 10,000 polar bears globally. Today, polar bear populations are near 39,000. Polar bear populations are increasing dramatically as the planet has warmed.”
Source: Climate Realism, Heartland Institute, Andy Singer, 2020-10-23 -
ImpreciseClimate change can make it harder for the Amazon rainforest to grow back from deforestation, but that does not mean 40% of it will now turn into a savanna
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“Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah”
Source: The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, 2020-10-05 -
-1LowArticle by The Daily Caller oversimplifies drivers of wildfires and downplays role of climate change
“The causes of the increase in burned area in the western US in recent decades – and the record-setting fires of 2020 – are complex, driven by a mix of a changing climate, a 100-year legacy of overzealous fire suppression in forests adapted for frequent low-level fires, more people living in highly flammable wildland urban interface areas, and at times a counterproductive role of some environmental regulations. However, this article glosses over much of this complexity, presenting a simple but misleading narrative that land management rules enacted by the Clinton administration set the stage for the destructive fires we are experiencing today.”
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MisleadingClimate change, forest management and several other causes contribute to wildfire severity and total area burned in the western United States
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“Forest fires are caused by poor management. Not by climate change.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-09-09 -
InaccurateWestern US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson
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a distressing number of the [West coast] fires are not accidents, and willful arson is the cause.
Source: We The Governed, Glen Morgan, 2020-09-10 -
Lacks contextPlanting trees can help mitigate some aspects of climate change, but it cannot solve all environmental crises
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“Trees provide a solution to almost all environmental crises we're facing. Trees reverse climate change by cleaning carbon from the air.”
Source: 8 Billion Trees, Pamela Anderson, 2020-08-23 -
-1LowArticle by CNN exaggerates study’s implications for future Greenland ice loss with “point of no return” claim
The article in CNN discusses findings from a study published August, 2020 that analyzes trends of ice discharge from the…
