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Electroverse article incorrectly claims the Sun is behind climate change
Claim:
the IPCC is wrong − the sun, not CO2, drove modern global warming
Articles tagged with
Solar forcing
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Source: Electroverse, Roger Higgs, 2020-03-11 -
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Claims of a coming 30-year "mini ice age" are not supported by science
Claim:
Earth about to enter 30-YEAR ‘Mini Ice Age’
Source: The Sun, Express, Sean Martin, Harry Pettit, 2020-02-02 -
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Earth's orbit cannot explain modern climate change
Claim:
changes in the solar orbit of the earth, along with alterations to the earth’s axial tilt, are both responsible for what climate scientists today have dubbed as “warming”[...]. In no way, shape, or form are humans warming or cooling the planet
Source: Natural News, Ethan Huff, 2019-08-30 -
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Claim that cosmic rays are a crucial player for current climate change is unsupported
Claim:
Based on the increase of solar activity during the twentieth century, it should account for between half to two-thirds of all climate change
Source: Electroverse, Nir Shaviv, Cap Allon, 2019-08-11 -
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Express article falsely warns of a solar-induced "ice age"
Claim:
The current solar minimum could last for more than three decades which could lead to temperatures plummeting across the globe, scientists have warned.
Source: Express, Sean Martin, 2019-07-29 -
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Sky News Australia interview falsely claims that global cooling is coming soon
Claim:
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is misleading humanity about climate change and sea levels, and that in fact a new solar-driven cooling period is not far off
Source: Sky News Australia, Nils Axel-Mörner, Alan Jones, 2019-06-17 -
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Claim in The Express that low solar activity is bringing cold weather is false
Claim:
Cold weather to grip world as solar minimum to deepen, NASA says
Source: Express, Sean Martin, 2019-04-15 -
False claims of a coming ice age spread through ecosystem of unreliable news sites, blogs, and social media accounts
Similar claims that we would be heading towards an imminent “mini ice age” were also repeated without verification throughout a network of unreliable outlets for climate news including Sputnik, The Sun, Fox News, and numerous hyper-partisan blogs such as Zero Hedge, Principia Scientific, IceAgeNow, Alien-Star…
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Metro's claims of coming "mini ice age" have no basis in reality
Claim:
[S]unspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped to a new low. It’s feared this could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim ‘mini Ice Age’.
Source: Metro, Jasper Hamill, 2018-11-16 -
Sky News Australia airs false climate information in misleading video by Rowan Dean
“While the variations in the Sun’s magnetic activity (leading to small variations in solar radiation reaching the Earth) have some discernible effect on our climate, their impact is small compared to the effects of man-made greenhouse gas emissions.”
