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How we know Earth is round, not flat: a review of claims and misconceptions about Earth’s shape
Claim:
Observations show that the Earth is flat.
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Source: TikTok, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-12-03 -
Scientists reactions to the US House Science Committee hearing on climate science
…we absolutely want to go down a potentially likely path, it would be smarter to have an imperfect map than no map at all. Huber and Knutti (2012) Anthropogenic and…
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0.5HighGuardian explores sea level rise impact on cities, but fails to make timescale clear
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This story in The Guardian includes maps of, and reporting from, five coastal cities that will be affected by continued sea level rise. The story discusses the…
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InaccurateBedrock heat flow studies made no claim contradicting human-caused melting of glaciers
Claim:
[A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets.
Source: Climate Change Dispatch, James Edward Kamis, 2018-08-07 -
InaccurateThe Earth is a sphere that rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun, contrary to Flat Earth video
Claim:
“The Earth is not a globe. The Earth is stationary.”
Source: Flat Earth, Amber Plaster, 2020-11-17 -
InaccurateCOVID-19 RNA vaccines are safe, cannot modify human DNA; death rate in vaccinated people isn’t higher than in unvaccinated people
Claim:
“The protein then can bind to your DNA and irreversibly change it”; “[It] has several different type of lipids on it that have never been injected into human beings before”; “We could be looking at right now as many as 12,000 deaths”
Source: Daystar, Sherri Tenpenny, 2021-03-11 -
InaccurateTinnitus isn’t a sign of brain death, even though it arises in the brain; no cure for tinnitus currently exists
Claim:
Tinnitus is your first real warning signal that your brain could be dying
Source: Tinnitus Battle, Anonymous, 2025-07-02 -
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How sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic is influenced by climate change
…the Arctic look physically smaller on a map: the region is also losing its older, thicker ice. When the satellite record began in 1979, average August ice thickness in the…
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Copypasta of an ICU doctor’s tweet stokes COVID-19 skepticism by mimicking bot-like behavior
…Florida compared to two weeks ago. Regarding the epidemiological situation in Jacksonville specifically, this map for example showed Jacksonville as the primary COVID-19 hotspot in the state. In addition, an…