Incorrect
Fred Singer incorrectly claims sea level rise is not caused by climate change
Claim:
Sea-level rise does not seem to depend on ocean temperature, and certainly not on CO2
Reviews of content from
Fred Singer
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Source: The Wall Street Journal, Fred Singer, 2018-05-15 -
-1.8Very low
Wall Street Journal commentary grossly misleads readers about science of sea level rise
“The article has almost nothing to do with the modern state of sea-level science. The author tries to call into question that global warming causes sea-level rise, and does so by cherry-picking a short segment of data from 1915-1945, a time when data quality is poor and the warming signal small—a bizarre approach that could never pass scientific peer review and is apparently aimed at misleading a lay audience.”
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MisleadingNatural variability can not explain modern global warming, as Heartland Institute report claims
Claim:
Neither the rate nor the magnitude of the reported late twentieth century surface warming (1979–2000) lay outside normal natural variability.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Incorrect
A lull in solar activity would have little effect on global temperatures; claims of “global cooling” are not based on science
Claim:
Forward projections of solar cyclicity imply the next few decades may be marked by global cooling rather than warming, despite continuing CO2 emissions.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Inaccurate
Global warming has not “ceased”, as Heartland Institute report falsely claims
Claim:
global warming ceased around the end of the twentieth century and was followed (since 1997) by 19 years of stable temperature
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Flawed reasoning
CO2 is a greenhouse gas that caused warming during past climate changes, notably as a feedback amplifying other factors
Claim:
Increases in atmospheric CO2 followed increases in temperature. Therefore, CO2 levels could not have forced temperatures to rise.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Incorrect
Heartland Institute report’s claim that climate models are too sensitive to CO2 does not reflect evidence
Claim:
[climate models] systematically over-estimate the sensitivity of climate to carbon dioxide ... and modelers exclude forcings and feedbacks that run counter to their mission
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Incorrect
Heartland Institute report incorrectly claims no evidence of human impacts in melting ice
Claim:
Melting of Arctic sea ice and polar icecaps is not occurring at ‘unnatural’ rates and does not constitute evidence of a human impact on the climate.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Inaccurate
Global sea level rise is accelerating, despite Heartland Institute report’s claims otherwise
Claim:
Best available data show sea-level rise is not accelerating. Local and regional sea levels continue to exhibit typical natural variability—in some places rising and in others falling.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28 -
Incorrect
The Sun cannot explain recent global warming, contrary to what Heartland Institute report claims
Claim:
Solar forcings are not too small to explain twentieth century warming. In fact, their effect could be equal to or greater than the effect of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere.
Source: Heartland Institute, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, Robert Carter, 2025-02-28
