Incorrect
Science shows that humans are primarily responsible for climate change, counter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s claim
Claim:
I would not agree that [carbon dioxide is] a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.
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Source: CNBC, Scott Pruitt, 2017-03-09 -
-1.5Very lowAnalysis of "Scientists: Here's What Really Causes Climate Change (And It Has Nothing To Do With Human Beings)"
“The article misuses a Nature article on a geological process 90 millions years ago to argue the warming of the past century is not anthropogenic. It seems the reasoning is ideologically motivated rather than based on reality.”
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1.3HighAnalysis of "Here’s why it's so frickin’ hot right now"
“a nice summary of the current warm events in the bigger context of climate change. I caution against using a single month of data to support claims about climate change impacts on extremes, but the discussion about record highs outpacing record lows is a good one and provides strong evidence for influence of global warming on regional weather.”
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Mostly correctThe world’s coral reefs are severely threatened by climate change and other human impacts, as ABC story notes
Claim:
90 per cent of the world's coral reefs will disappear in the next 35 years due to coral bleaching induced by global warming, pollution and over-development.
Source: ABC News, Rebecca Latham, Greg Hassall, 2017-02-23 -
2Very highAnalysis of "Scientists have just detected a major change to the Earth’s oceans linked to a warming climate"
“Changes in ocean chemistry, temperature, and circulation have significant consequences for marine life and can initiate positive feedbacks to accelerate ocean and atmosphere warming. This article is refreshing in that the author presents the results and significance of global ocean oxygen loss accurately and very clearly for non-expert audiences.”
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1HighAnalysis of "What California’s Dam Crisis Says About the Changing Climate"
Warm dry years followed by extremely wet years have always been part of the climate of California, but warming can worsen both extremes by increasing evaporation, which makes droughts worse as well as put more moisture into the atmosphere allowing heavier downpours.
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1.4HighAnalysis of "The big melt: Global sea ice at record low"
The five scientists who reviewed the article concluded that it is accurate. It properly conveys the core facts about global sea ice extent and the attribution of continuing sea ice loss to human-induced warming of the climate—primarily in the Arctic, as the low sea ice extent around Antarctica this year has not yet been clearly connected to climate change.
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UnsupportedDaily Mail inflates data handling disagreement between scientists; makes unsupported “manipulation” accusation
Claim:
world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data
Source: Daily Mail, David Rose, 2017-02-04 -
The Wall Street Journal fails to acknowledge that 2016 was the warmest year on record
Claim:
no one really knows if last year (2016) was a (global temperature) record
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal editorial, 2017-01-19 -
Misleading
Global surface temperatures are increasing according to climate projections, contrary to Wall Street Journal claim
Claim:
the warming is not nearly as great as the climate change computer models have predicted.
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street Journal editorial, 2017-01-19