Misleading
Daily Mail claim about 2016 global temperature record is misleading
Claim:
El Niño drove record highs in global temperatures suggesting rise may not be down to man-made emissions.
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Source: Daily Mail, David Rose, 2016-11-26 -
No, Bill Gates is not funding COVID-19 vaccines as a way to conduct global surveillance or to depopulate the world
Claim:
Bill Gates, founder of harmful vaccination campaigns in developing countries, now plans to use COVID-19 vaccines to surveil the population
Source: The Truth About Cancer, Ty and Charlene Bollinger, 2020-06-13 -
Tony Abbott speech on climate change rehashes misleading, inaccurate talking points
…incorrect claims about temperature evolution in a BBC interview). Abbott’s speech included claims about several aspects of climate science—claims that, according to scientists, were not accurate. Professor Steve Sherwood, deputy…
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1.8Very highNational Geographic accurately covers research pointing to slower-moving hurricanes
Scientists’ Feedback SUMMARY This National Geographic article covers a result reported in two recent studies: global warming seems to be causing the movement rate of hurricanes to slow. One study…
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False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts
…For instance, a blogger (Steve Milloy) commented on Twitter while sharing the Metro article: “Nature poised to compel an end to global warming hysteria?”, while a Fox 10 News anchor…
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Climate misinformation video reaches broad audience with help from Youtube recommendation algorithm
…AlgoTransparency. That video (which currently has over 250,000 views) was a July 2017 talk by author and speaker Steve Goreham purporting to prove that climate change has nothing to do…
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We are not heading towards a "mini ice age", contrary to claims in some media
…that global warming has stopped. For instance, a blogger (Steve Milloy) commented on Twitter while sharing the Metro article: “Nature poised to compel an end to global warming hysteria?”, while…
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Flawed reasoningMisinterpreted New York Times report leads to false claim that the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is inflated by up to 90%
Claim:
COVID-19 case numbers are inflated due to PCR test sensitivity; “90% of positive COVID-19 tests should be negative”
Source: One America News Network, The Blaze, Liz Wheeler, Steve Deace, 2020-09-02 -
InaccurateNASA did not create global warming by manipulating data
Claim:
[NASA] has been adjusting temperatures from the past[...] downward, while adjusting current-day temperatures upward, and those changes are responsible for most of the claimed global warming during that time.
Source: The New American, Tony Heller, James Murphy, 2019-06-26 -
InaccurateDeserts cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation to space; vegetated areas have an overall warming effect, so planting trees in deserts doesn’t necessarily cool the planet
Claim:
"Deserts are heat producers, reflecting around 60% to 70% of the solar energy that falls on them straight back into the atmosphere."; "If we want to do something about global warming, we have to do something about deserts."
Source: The Guardian, Ties Van der Hoeven, Steve Rose, 2021-03-20