Imprecise
Claim that CO2 is cooling the planet is misleading, anthropogenic CO2 emissions overall cause global warming
Claim:
Global warming slowing down? 'Ironic' study finds more CO<sub>2</sub> has slightly cooled the planet
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Source: Express, Sebastian Kettley, 2020-02-18 -
IncorrectHuman activities have dramatically increased atmospheric CO2 levels, causing imbalances in the global carbon cycle
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Human additions of CO<sub>2</sub> are in the margin of error of current measurements and the gradual increase in CO<sub>2</sub> is mainly from oceans degassing as the planet slowly emerges from the last ice age.
Source: I Love Carbon Dioxide, Cole Ryan, 2020-04-12 -
IncorrectHuman-induced increases in greenhouse gases are the primary driver of global warming, contrary to claims in CFACT article
Claim:
They tell us that we are the primary forces controlling earth temperatures by the burning of fossil fuels and releasing their carbon dioxide. I hope my readers can recognize the absurdity of their claims. … increasing sunspots are linked to increases in earth temperature
Source: CFACT, Jay Lehr, 2020-04-08 -
AccurateScientists observe most widespread bleaching event ever recorded at The Great Barrier Reef
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The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing the most widespread bleaching ever recorded
Source: ABC News, Michael Slezak, Penny Timms, 2020-04-06 -
Mostly accurateThe Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, but The Independent claim fails to grasp significance of study it relies on
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The ozone layer is healing
Source: The Independent, Louise Boyle, 2020-03-26 -
Mostly accurateDeforestation can facilitate the emergence and spread of some infectious diseases
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Deforestation has made humans more vulnerable to pandemics
Source: Now This, Lani Chan, Tom McKenna, 2020-03-20 -
InaccurateGlobal data contradict claim of no acceleration in sea level rise
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The long-term tide gauge datasets are all in agreement that there is no acceleration
Source: Watts Up With That?, Willis Eschenbach, 2020-03-08 -
Flawed reasoningGlobal warming and the COVID-19 pandemic are unrelated issues: one will not protect us from the other
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If we want to protect ourselves from the coronavirus, we must back away from all the climate change efforts we've been making
Source: LifeSite News, Andrea Widberg, 2020-03-17 -
Flawed reasoning
Temperature trends in the U.S. are consistent with warming around the world, contrary to Electroverse claim
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Historical data of temperature in the U.S. destroys global warming myth
Source: Electroverse, Cap Allon, 2020-01-22 -
Flawed reasoningCO2 can increase plant growth in greenhouses while also negatively affecting ecosystems and human societies
Claim:
CO2 is a plant nutrient...it’s not a pollutant that threatens human civilization. If CO2 was so terrible for the planet, then installing a CO2 generator in a greenhouse would kill the plants.
Source: Natural News, Mike Adams, 2013-06-22
