Inaccurate
Sea levels rose faster in the past century than in previous time periods
Claim:
Sea level rise has been slow and a constant, pre-dating industrialization
Articles tagged with
Paleoclimate
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Source: American Thinker, Thomas Lifson, 2020-03-07 -
MisleadingCurrent climate warming is rapid and occurring on a global scale, unlike past periods of regional climate fluctuations
Claim:
Of course the climate is changing. It always has. It always will.
Source: PragerU, Patrick Moore, 2020-01-21 -
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-2Very lowIan Plimer op-ed in The Australian again presents long list of false claims about climate
“This article is a mixture of misdirection, misleading claims, and outright falsehoods. The author attempts to paint a picture of current climate change as simply a continuation of natural changes that have occurred in the past. But this neglects the clear evidence that climate change over the last two centuries has been shown to be largely man-made, that it is much more rapid that anything we have seen in the last two thousand years if not longer, and that it is occurring in the context of a globe with more than 7 billion human inhabitants.”
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IncorrectClaim of a coming ice age misrepresents the study it relies on
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Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age.
Source: Daily Mail, Fox News, Chris Ciaccia, Stacy Liberatore, 2019-10-31 -
InaccurateClaim that the Earth has cooled since Medieval or Roman times is contradicted by available data
Claim:
Peer-reviewed studies, geologic records, and all the studies have shown that we have actually cooled since the Roman Warming Period, and likely since the Medieval Warming Period.
Source: TFP Student Action, Marc Morano, 2019-08-13 -
InaccurateResearch does not show a Medieval Warm Period warmer than the present day
Claim:
18 proxies tell us the world was the same or warmer 1,000 years ago
Source: joannenova.com.au, Joanne Nova, 2019-07-26 -
1.3HighNBC News story accurately covers research on two millennia of climate history
“This accurately describes new peer-reviewed research and asks independent scientists with relevant expertise to provide important context, such as how these results rely on limited southern hemisphere data. Simplifications help readers understand important points without misleading them.”
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InaccurateData shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years
Claim:
Earth’s mean temperature over the last 2,000 years shows two previous periods when temperatures were warmer than they are now; from 1–200 A.D., an epoch called the Roman Warm Period, and more recently the Medieval Warm Period from 900–1100 A.D.
Source: Townhall, Gregory Rummo, 2019-07-23 -
AccurateIt's true that the current carbon dioxide level is higher than any time in human existence
Claim:
the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has climbed to a level last seen more than 3 million years ago — before humans even appeared on the rocky ball we call home
Source: NBC News, Denise Chow, 2019-05-14
