Peter Thorne
NOAA 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.
Telegraph article on climate change mixes accurate and unsupported, inaccurate claims, misleads with false balance
“This article is a prime example of false equivalence, putting fringe figures side by side with mainstream scientific findings while failing to distinguish between their respective credibility. It is rife with numerous factual errors and misrepresentations. Anyone unfortunate enough to read it will understand less of the science – as actually appears in peer-reviewed publications and conferences – not more.”
USA Today story updates readers on trend in monthly global temperatures
“The piece accurately reports the surface temperature record warming of recent decades and joins the dots appropriately to the underlying cause of human emissions. It appropriately draws the distinction between regional/national records and the global mean behaviour. The included quotes are to authoritative sources.”
Investor’s Business Daily editorial misrepresents study to claim plants will prevent dangerous climate change
“Our nitrogen study does not detract from the urgency of the climate problem, nor the unequivocal evidence of the role of carbon pollution in causing global climate change. The climate threat is clear and present and we must solve it rapidly by reducing emissions and capturing existing CO2 from the atmosphere.”
Breitbart repeats blogger’s unsupported claim that NOAA manipulates data to exaggerate warming
Claim:
NOAA has adjusted past temperatures to look colder than they were and recent temperatures to look warmer than they were.
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott wrongly claims Australia has warmed far less than data show
Claim:
unadjusted data suggests that temperatures in Australia have only increased by 0.3 degrees over the past century, not the 1 degree usually claimed
Breitbart article falsely claims that measured global warming has been “fabricated”
“In a cursory attempt at both reporting and climate science, the author glibly highlights a document heavy on accusation and light on reasoned engagement with fact. Implying nefarious motives behind temperature measurement bias correction without providing readers any indication of why this is necessary is misleading and a dereliction of the author’s journalistic responsibility.”
Daily Mail inflates data handling disagreement between scientists; makes unsupported “manipulation” accusation
Claim:
world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data