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Scientists observe most widespread bleaching event ever recorded at The Great Barrier Reef
Claim:
The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing the most widespread bleaching ever recorded
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Source: ABC News, Michael Slezak, Penny Timms, 2020-04-06 -
MisleadingPrimary COVID-19 transmission is by close contact with infected people; nasopharyngeal swab-based testing provides the highest diagnostic accuracy
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“Ever wonder why they have to stick a Q-tip through your nose to the back of your head to swab a sample of covid but a droplet of saliva will infect a whole village at one time”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-07-04 -
2Very highUSA Today story updates readers on trend in monthly global temperatures
…global warmth to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. Peter Thorne Professor, Maynooth University The piece accurately reports the surface temperature record warming of recent decades and joins the dots appropriately to…
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MisleadingIan Plimer incorrectly claims human-caused emissions are short-lived
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The atmospheric residency time of carbon dioxide is five years and it is quickly sequestered into plants, marine life, oceans and sediments.
Source: The Australian, Ian Plimer, 2018-08-07 -
InaccurateAndrew Tate peddles debunked claim about COVID-19 vaccines being “experimental poison” in Piers Morgan interview
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COVID-19 vaccines are “experimental poison”; COVID has gone away
Source: Piers Morgan Uncensored, Andrew Tate, 2025-11-20 -
When a sensational headline contradicts an article's message
…“Experts said that simplistic extrapolations of sea ice loss had little predictive value—and they were right.” The article in The Telegraph refers principally to projections made by Peter Wadhams that…
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IncorrectHuman activities have dramatically increased atmospheric CO2 levels, causing imbalances in the global carbon cycle
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Human additions of CO<sub>2</sub> are in the margin of error of current measurements and the gradual increase in CO<sub>2</sub> is mainly from oceans degassing as the planet slowly emerges from the last ice age.
Source: I Love Carbon Dioxide, Cole Ryan, 2020-04-12 -
MisleadingCOVID-19 vaccine candidates are rigorously tested for safety during clinical trials, unlike thalidomide; misleading to equate the two
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“Thalidomide was a rapid approved drug introduced in 1957 to counteract nausea and insomnia in pregnant women. It was [...] withdrawn in 1962 due to malformations in newborns [...] Be very careful with what’s coming.”
Source: Facebook, Twitter/X, Facebook users, 2020-11-30 -
Breitbart repeats blogger’s unsupported claim that NOAA manipulates data to exaggerate warming
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NOAA has adjusted past temperatures to look colder than they were and recent temperatures to look warmer than they were.
Source: Breitbart, James Delingpole, 2018-02-20 -
-1.8Very lowLetter signed by "500 scientists" relies on inaccurate claims about climate science
…tout their own credentials, then it needs to be pointed out that a large fraction of their 506 signatories have credentials like “Peter Champness, Radiologist, Australia”; “Patrick Mellett, architect and…