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- Climate
Posted on: 2026-10-13
YouTube and TikTok rarely act on climate misinformation, even when it breaks their own rules

A joint investigation by Science Feedback and Fundación Maldita.es reported more than 300 climate misinformation videos in French and Spanish. YouTube never answered, and TikTok restricted only a small minority of them and overturned none of its decisions on appeal.
- Climate
Posted on: 2025-09-15
Major wine regions could disappear from global warming, Europe to be hit especially hard

Wine grapes can only be grown in specific conditions – climate change is affecting which regions are suitable, and some current regions will likely be lost.
- Climate
Posted on: 2025-06-27
Cutting emissions today limits future climate impacts, but certain changes are ‘locked in’ due to past CO2 emissions

Sea levels will rise this century and remain elevated for thousands of years due to our past emissions. Ice sheets, glaciers, and ocean temperatures will also face irreversible changes.