2026’s El Niño may bring storms, heatwaves – and misinformation
El Niño doesn’t cause climate change, so why do people claim it does?
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Human-driven climate change largely responsible for last 50 years of worsening fire weather in Western North America, new study shows
Fire weather has been worsened by human-driven climate change in Western North America for 50 years, new study finds. Recent paper suggests that human-driven climate change contributed 81-188% to the observed increase in fire weather in that region.
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IncorrectNo, HAARP can’t create floods, climate change can make heavy rainfall more extreme
Claim:
HAARP is responsible for recent floods in Spain, New Mexico, and elsewhere.
Source: X/Twitter, Social media users, 2024-10-30 -
IncorrectVideo of Ian Plimer incorrectly states that human CO2 emissions are not responsible for increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and global warming
Claim:
Increases in atmospheric CO2 is mainly from natural causes, like ocean outgassing, and not from humans who emit so little in comparison
Source: Conservative Political Action Conference, Ian Plimer, 2023-10-03 -
IncorrectCLINTEL group inaccurately represents climate science in its declaration of “no climate emergency” once again
Claim:
Global warming is just the end of the Little Ice Age; Warming is slower than climate models forecasted; Carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth; Global warming is not intensifying or increasing the frequency of natural disasters
Source: The Epoch Times, Clintel, Benoit Rittaud, Christopher Monckton, Guus Berkhout, Ian Plimer, Patrick Moore, Richard Lindzen, Viv Forbes, Naveen Athrappully, 2023-08-19 -
Flawed reasoningPre-human changes in climate do not negate contemporary human influence on modern warming, contrary to implication in popular Instagram post
Claim:
Climate changed naturally in prehistoric eras, modern climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon
Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-01-17
