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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Natural variability
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IncorrectEarth’s surface continues to warm due to greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to claims by Christopher Monckton in Watts Up With That
Claim:
“...Seven and a half years have passed since there was any trend in global warming at all” If global warming was caused by human emissions, temperature would rise at a steady rate
Source: Watts Up With That?, Christopher Monckton, 2022-04-04 -
IncorrectEnergy Secretary Rick Perry incorrectly claims CO2 is not primary cause of climate change
Claim:
Most likely the primary control knob [on climate change] is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.
Source: CNBC, Rick Perry, 2017-06-19 -
MisleadingNatural variability can not explain modern global warming, as Heartland Institute report claims
Claim:
Neither the rate nor the magnitude of the reported late twentieth century surface warming (1979–2000) lay outside normal natural variability.
Source: Heartland Institute, Robert Carter, Craig Idso, Fred Singer, 2026-07-08 -
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.
Source: Daily Mail, David Rose, 2016-11-26
