Incorrect
Claim of a coming ice age misrepresents the study it relies on
Claim:
Scientists studying Antarctica sea ice warn a rise in accumulation could spark the next ice age.
Articles tagged with
Paleoclimate
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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 -
Flawed reasoningIn popular video, Dan Peña falsely claims humans aren't causing climate change
Claim:
Fifty-five thousand years ago the whole world was 2°C warmer than it is today[...] It's all cyclical; [human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are] not a fart in the wind. Sea level rise is not going to happen.
Source: "Ivanka_Trump" Facebook account, Dan Peña, 2019-05-04 -
-1.9Very lowBreitbart article baselessly claims a study of past climate invalidates human-caused climate change
“By the reasoning of this article, if a rock rolled down a hill three million years ago, no human can be responsible for rolling a rock down a hill today. The fallaciousness of this reasoning is astounding.
It is hard to imagine that a well-intentioned person can so profoundly misunderstand the science. Assuming the author is acting in good faith, this article provides evidence that motivated reasoning can produce results that appear delusional to well-informed people.” -
-2Very lowThe Australian publishes "deeply ill-informed" opinion on climate by Ian Plimer
“This article is an amalgamation of logical fallacies, misleading talking points, and downright factually incorrect statements regarding the physics of the climate system. Every talking point in this article has been debunked many times over and it is astonishing that this was published.”
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0.8HighUSA Today story accurate but lacks clarity regarding timescales over which warming could be underestimated
“An accurate and balanced article that gives readers a good flavour of the research but the reference to “Earth’s history” might confuse some when it otherwise refers to the studied period: the past 3.5 million years. Neatly explains a lot of the key points in a small word count, but…”