2026’s El Niño may bring storms, heatwaves – and misinformation
…in the water temperature can alter the weather not just in the Pacific, but far afield. El Niño and La Niña can alter the weather across the entire world. In…
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Misleading U.S. Department of Energy climate report chooses bias over science, climate scientists say
…the hot and dry weather that exacerbates fires, and the IPCC found “medium confidence” that this sort of weather has become more probable in the U.S. over the past century[18]….
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Do wind turbines work when it’s cold?
When an electric grid fails, solar and wind often get the blame. Whenever an electric grid fails in cold weather, renewable energy opponents tend to claim that wind turbines are…
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1.3HighGuardian story accurately covers sea ice event but makes unsupported connection to weather patterns and the Gulf Stream
…is no evidence suggesting that additional melt is causing weather systems to linger longer. Enhanced Arctic warming is believed to be causing more persistent weather patterns under certain conditions, however….
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MisleadingClimate change is one factor affecting how fires in Australia burn, regardless of whether arsonists or lightning started them
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the bushfires [in Australia] were caused by arsonists and a series of lightning strikes, not 'climate change'
Source: Breitbart, NewsPunch, Paul Joseph Watson, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, Thomas D. Williams, 2020-01-05 -
Wildfires in LA influenced by Santa Ana winds and dry vegetation; climate change a likely factor, contrary to viral misinformation
…weather variability worsened the fires by increasing dry vegetation (which serves as fuel) Climate scientists explain that more research is needed to better understand how climate change impacted these fires…
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IncorrectPragerU post by Happer uses flawed reasoning to claim that climate models always fail
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"climate models that attempt to predict the future temperature of the planet...don’t work. They haven’t worked in the past. They don’t work now."; "the number of factors that influence climate—the sun, the earth’s orbital properties, oceans, clouds, and, yes, industrial man—is huge and enormously variable"; "CO2 is a minor contributor to the warming of the earth"
Source: PragerU, William Happer, 2021-01-24 -
-1.8Very lowCO2 coalition sponsored article in The Washington Times presents list of false and misleading statements about the impacts of CO2 and climate change
…states, “Economic losses from weather– and climate-related disasters have increased”[4]. Wrightstone also misleads readers about the impacts of atmospheric CO2 and global temperature by claiming that CO2 levels and temperatures…
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Global warming contributes to increased heat-related mortality, contrary to Bjorn Lomborg’s unsupported claims that climate change is saving hundreds of thousands of lives each year
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"Global warming saves 166,000 lives each year"; those claiming that climate change is causing heat-related deaths are wrong because they ignore that the population is growing and becoming older
Source: New York Post, Bjorn Lomborg, 2021-09-04 -
Correct but...Claim that Arctic warming is already influencing mid-latitude weather correct but still under investigation
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The jet stream meanders more, with big loops bringing warm air to the frozen north and cold air into warmer southern climes.
Source: The Guardian, Damian Carrington, 2016-12-19