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- Climate
Posted on: 2017-11-28
Grist article on an “Ice Apocalypse” mostly accurate, but doesn’t make the likelihood of that apocalypse clear enough to readers

…Sea-Level Rise, Science “the world’s most vulnerable megacities, like Shanghai, Mumbai, and Ho Chi Minh City, could be wiped off the map” Henning Åkesson Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University and Bolin…
Incorrect
- Geology
Posted on: 2024-05-29
Himalayan salt formed through the evaporation of ancient seas; no evidence that this salt is petrified blood or tissue

Claim:

Himalayan salt deposits are the petrified remains of ancient giants.

Source: Facebook, TikTok, Social media users, 2024-05-18
Misleading
- Health
Posted on: 2020-07-14
Saliva might be an accurate, less-invasive alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 diagnosis; more research is needed to standardize its use in molecular testing

Claim:

There is no need to use nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing, mouth swabs can be used instead

Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-09
Posted on: 2023-02-10

Scott Johnson
Inaccurate
- Climate
Posted on: 2019-09-09
Claim that the Earth has cooled since Medieval or Roman times is contradicted by available data

Claim:

Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period.

Source: TFP Student Action, Marc Morano, 2019-08-13

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