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Metro's claims of coming "mini ice age" have no basis in reality
Claim:
[S]unspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped to a new low. It’s feared this could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim ‘mini Ice Age’.
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Source: Metro, Jasper Hamill, 2018-11-16 -
IncorrectExpress article falsely warns of a solar-induced "ice age"
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The current solar minimum could last for more than three decades which could lead to temperatures plummeting across the globe, scientists have warned.
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MisleadingNo evidence for a significant influence of volcanoes or solar variability on recent climate change contrary to Judith Curry’s claims in PragerU video
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Climate scientists disagree about how much warming is associated with our emissions and whether this warming is larger than natural climate variability from the sun and volcanic eruptions
Source: PragerU, Judith Curry, 2024-04-15 -
-0.8LowNew York Times op-ed claiming scientists underestimated climate change lacks supporting evidence
…the pace of climate change until just the past decade or so, and recent events such as permafrost melting, ice cap loss, and extreme weather events have caught them by…
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MisleadingClimate change, forest management and several other causes contribute to wildfire severity and total area burned in the western United States
Claim:
“Forest fires are caused by poor management. Not by climate change.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2020-09-09 -
1.7Very highAnalysis of "What science can tell us about the links between global warming and massive heat waves"
…is each different data point on which this curve is based. When referring to one event – one data point – one talks about weather. Weather is not the same…
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US Congressman Lamar Smith rushes to dismiss study of Texas hurricanes like Harvey in a warming climate
…and weather extremes. Rep. Smith selects very specific statements about weather extremes to argue that climate change has played no role. But this ignores a great deal of evidence and…
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1.3HighRain fell on Greenland summit for the first time on record, as accurately reported by CNN
…The NSIDC report, published online on August 18, summarizes the extreme weather conditions that scientists encountered at the Summit Station in Greenland on August 14 and 15. The station is…
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False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts
…blogs such as Zero Hedge, Principia Scientific, IceAgeNow, Alien-Star… (listed in the table below). The stories claim to be based on a September 27th article at Space Weather Archive, in…
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-2Very lowThe Telegraph publishes false information about Arctic climate
…Boulder This article mixes short-term weather phenomena and long-term climate trends, and uses logical fallacies and cherry-picked evidence to make a false claim. Alek Petty Postdoctoral associate, NASA Goddard Space…