Misleading Climate Posted on: 2024-02-13 Optimal atmospheric CO2 for dinosaurs and plants is harmful for humans; current concentration is higher than Homo sapiens have ever experienced Claim: High CO2 was fine for the dinosaurs and high CO2 benefits plants today in greenhouses, so more CO2 can’t be bad for humans Source: Bright Insight, Jimmy Corsetti, 2024-02-04
Misleading Climate Posted on: 2024-02-02 Study calls for people to grow their own food for many years to come, despite finding higher carbon footprint compared to conventional agriculture Claim: Study and headline saying homegrown food is more carbon intensive than conventional agriculture is meant to discourage and stop people from growing their own food Source: The Atlas Society, Facebook, Social media users, 2024-01-26
Inaccurate Climate Posted on: 2024-01-26 US proposed bills and hearings do not confirm the use of chemtrails, which do not exist and are not a geoengineering strategy Claim: US state governments are banning chemtrails, confirming secret government programs using chemtrails for various purposes that harm the public and the environment Source: Facebook, YouTube, Social media users, 2024-01-12
Incorrect Climate Posted on: 2024-01-22 Evidence greenhouse gasses cause global warming denied by Willie Soon in Tucker Carlson interview, resulting in mass social media climate misinformation Claim: Carbon dioxide does not cause global warming, scientists are 90% sure it’s the Sun; The climate problems blamed on carbon dioxide (such as ocean acidification and negative impacts on polar bears) are not real Source: Tucker Carlson Network, Willie Soon, 2024-01-09
Misleading Climate Posted on: 2024-01-12 Contrary to widespread misrepresentation, new study finds “extremely minimal” impact of human breathing on climate Claim: Scientists say human breathing is fueling global warming Source: Daily Mail, Jonathan Chadwick, 2023-12-13
Misleading Climate Posted on: 2024-01-09 Viral claim that cow burps are not an important contributor to climate change ignores full range of greenhouse gas emissions of beef production Claim: Methane from cows is only a small percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions, it would be produced anyways without cattle, it is not an important contributor to climate change Source: Instagram, Social media users, 2023-12-19
Inaccurate Climate Posted on: 2023-12-19 Uncertainties about future climate change in the 1970’s does not invalidate today’s evidence on the reality of global warming Claim: Scientists predicted global cooling and were wrong, so they are wrong about global warming Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2023-12-09
Incorrect Climate Posted on: 2023-12-08 Water vapor is a greenhouse gas, but it is not a major driver of global warming Claim: Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas so it is the main cause of recent global warming Source: Climate Change is Crap, Facebook users, 2023-11-18
Inaccurate Climate Posted on: 2023-12-01 Global warming matches model predictions well despite misconstrued claims about new photosynthesis study Claim: New photosynthesis study shows that Earth is not warming as predicted by climate models Source: Twitter/X, Steve Milloy, 2023-11-18
Inaccurate Climate Posted on: 2023-11-21 Wall Street Journal article questions decades of scientific evidence demonstrating elevated atmospheric-CO2 causes global warming Claim: We do not know if CO2 is the cause of global warming Source: The Wall Street Journal, Holman W. Jenkins, 2023-11-03