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Claim in The Express that low solar activity is bringing cold weather is false
Claim:
Cold weather to grip world as solar minimum to deepen, NASA says
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Source: Express, Sean Martin, 2019-04-15 -
UnsupportedAltered video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promotes unproven use of apple cider vinegar as diabetes cure
Claim:
Apple cider vinegar is a cure for diabetes; it’s an effective substitute to metformin therapy and dietary changes
Source: Facebook, Social media users, 2025-02-09 -
1HighDestruction of the Amazon forest very likely contributes to global warming, as accurately described in The National Geographic article
…Tropical forests are a net carbon source based on aboveground measurement of gain and loss. Science. 3 – Zemp et al. (2017). Self-amplified Amazon forest loss due to vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks….
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Lacks contextStudy on SARS-CoV-2 antibodies levels following infection don’t prove that recovered patients are protected from reinfection
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A study from Johns Hopkins on natural immunity to COVID-19 demonstrates that infection provides better protection than vaccination, challenging official vaccine recommendations for previously infected people
Source: Family Research Council, Joshua Arnold, 2022-02-03 -
IncorrectSocial media clips revive false claims by David Icke linking 5G and COVID-19
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5G at 60 GHz “stops the human body and blood absorbing oxygen”; this is what doctors are describing in COVID-19 cases
Source: London Real, David Icke, 2020-04-06 -
IncorrectUnprotected sun overexposure, not sunscreen or sunglasses, causes sunburn and skin cancer
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“sunscreen and then skin cancer, it's a direct correlation”; wearing sunglasses increases the risk of sunburn; sunscreen reduces vitamin D production
Source: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-07-11 -
Flawed reasoningScientists have found that modern climate change is caused entirely by human activity, contrary to recent speculation by Joe Rogan
Claim:
“The question is, ‘how much of an impact do we have on [climate]?’ That has not totally been quantified”; climate change is happening anyway, “The ice age happened without us…It’s probably this constant cycle”.
Source: The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan, 2022-10-02 -
1.7Very highPopular article in The Independent accurately summarizes June heat in Europe
…are substantiated by their knowledge in the field and by the content of the analysis in the annotations on the article. Willem Huiskamp Postdoctoral research fellow, Potsdam Institute for Climate…
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1.3HighNew York Times accurately covers 2017 record low Arctic winter sea ice extent
…feedback loop called Arctic amplification.” Kelly McCusker Research Associate, Rhodium Group and Climate Impact Lab In which Arctic surface air temperatures warm at a faster rate than global average temperature….
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-1.6Very lowWashington Examiner op-ed cherry-picks data and misleads readers about climate models
…humidity. The data processing by Christy amplifies measurement uncertainties and several serious errors in the data processing have been found by colleagues. The most serious problem found up to now…