Inaccurate
Sea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods
Claim:
Sea level rise has been slow and a constant, pre-dating industrialization
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Source: American Thinker, Thomas Lifson, 2020-03-07 -
Article in The Sun misrepresents Antarctic discovery and misplaces it on map
This article in The Sun describes the chance discovery of a small island in Antarctica’s Pine Island Bay, which seems to have appeared in the last decade. But the article sensationally connects this with a recent record high temperature at a station elsewhere in Antarctica. While warming trends in the atmosphere and ocean may be relevant, a single weather record is not.
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InaccurateData from glaciers around the world show most are shrinking as a consequence of global warming
Claim:
90 percent of the world’s glaciers are growing.
Source: Principia Scientific, IceAgeNow, 2016-11-26 -
MisleadingCurrent climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations
Claim:
Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
Source: PragerU, Patrick Moore, 2020-01-21 -
InaccurateSea levels have risen throughout the 20th century, contrary to claim in online articles
Claim:
Scientists were caught 'adjusting' sea level data to create false impression of rising oceans
Source: Breitbart, Signs of the Times, James Delingpole, Vicki Batts, 2019-05-28 -
InaccurateNOAA does not fraudulently adjust data to create the illusion of a global warming trend
Claim:
Using complex statistical models, [NOAA] change[s] the data to reflect not reality, but their underlying theories of global warming.
Source: Investors' Business Daily, Anonymous, 2018-03-29 -
MisleadingCO2 emissions from human activities have imbalanced the atmospheric carbon budget, significantly contributing to climate change, contrary to online claim
Claim:
Less than 5% of carbon dioxide emissions are produced by man [... they] can’t cause 30% of today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide
Source: Issues & Insights, I&I Editorial Board, 2019-08-26 -
IncorrectClaims of a coming 30-year "mini ice age" are not supported by science
Claim:
Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
Source: Express, The Sun, Harry Pettit, Sean Martin, 2020-02-02 -
Studies do not support blog's claim that volcanic activity is causing melting of West Antarctic glaciers
Claim:
Volcanoes Melting West Antarctic Glaciers, Not Global Warming
Source: IceAgeNow.info, PlateClimatology.com, James Edward Kamis, Robert W. Felix, 2020-01-09 -
InaccurateSimple measurements demonstrate that CO2 is a greenhouse gas contrary to claim in online blogs
Claim:
CO2 is not a greenhouse gas.
Source: Technocracy.news, Tim Ball, 2018-09-13
