Inaccurate
Western US wildfires are not the result of widespread arson
Claim:
a distressing number of the [West coast] fires are not accidents, and willful arson is the cause.
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Source: We The Governed, Glen Morgan, 2020-09-10 -
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 -
ImpreciseClimate change can make it harder for the Amazon rainforest to grow back from deforestation, but that does not mean 40% of it will now turn into a savanna
Claim:
“Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah”
Source: The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, 2020-10-05 -
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InaccurateRates of global sea level rise have accelerated since 1900, contrary to bloggers’ claims
Claim:
“there has not been a long-term distinctive change in sea level rise rates in the last 120 years”
Source: NoTricksZone, Watts Up With That?, Kenneth Richard, Pierre L. Gosselin, 2021-01-11 -
-1.7Very lowWall Street Journal article repeats multiple incorrect and misleading claims made in Steven Koonin’s new book ’Unsettled’
…rise since 1900. Nature. 4 – Dangendorf et al. (2019) Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s. Nature Climate Change. 5 – Horton et al. (2018) Mapping Sea-Level…
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InaccurateA 2014 study showed that the US Corn Belt is one of the biggest primary producers on Earth in July, but didn’t show that it produces more oxygen than the Amazon
Claim:
"the US corn crop, at its peak, produces 40% more oxygen than the Amazon rainforest."
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-09-05 -
Water scarcity in a changing climate: will drought get worse with warming?
…in Chapter 11 also highlights how soil moisture drought intensity and frequency will change under different global warming levels, and includes a map outlining regions where the risks are strongest:…
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Wind turbines can kill birds, but not as many as fossil fuels and other anthropogenic impacts
…Buchan et al. (2022). Spatially explicit risk mapping reveals direct anthropogenic impacts on migratory birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography [18] IPCC (2021). Assessment Report 6 [19] Thomas et al. (2004)….
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InaccurateArticle by OffGuardian, ZeroHedge claiming to list 30 facts about COVID-19 contains multiple inaccurate and misleading statements
Claim:
“There has been NO unusual excess mortality” related to COVID; “Lockdowns do not prevent the spread of disease”; “Masks don’t work”; “PCR tests were not designed to diagnose illness”
Source: Zero Hedge, OffGuardian, Kit Knightly, 2021-09-22