The facts show that fire ants spread explosively in the 1940s through 1970s northward from the coasts, during a period when the Earth was modestly cooling, decades before “global warming”…
Author: Anthony Watts
Texas Flood Hysteria: Media’s Climate Blame Drowned by History and Data
Facts say this was a natural event that has happened before and the facts remain unchanged; floods have always been part of life in Texas Hill Country and always will…
ABC News’ Claim that Climate Change Is Causing Sleep Apnea Is Absurd
ABC News should be embarrassed by this piece that borders on the absurd. Climate change is causing sleep apnea. Really? Next, they’ll tell us climate change is making our toast…
Sustainability Magazine’s Heat Wave Hype: Grid Struggles Stem from Policy, Not Climate
Blackouts during heat waves are dangerous, but blaming such failures on climate change instead of on poorly managed energy policies and fragile grids dominated by weather-dependent renewables is a complete…
Politico’s Climate Death Scare Debunked: Real Data Shows Europe Is Safer Than Ever
Politico’s piece is not journalism — it’s an extended press release for climate activists and unelected NGO bureaucrats, which regurgitates flawed model projections, cherry-picks isolated data points, and conveniently ignores…
CNN’s Climate Photo Op Exposed: Environmental Damage Isn’t All Climate Change’s Fault
In short, CNN’s article and the exhibit it promotes are nothing more than an elaborate photo-op dressed up as climate advocacy. The images shown may evoke sympathy, but they do…
The Conversation’s Greenland Ice Melt Hype: History and Data Say Otherwise
Shame on The Conversation for parroting climate panic without rigorous scrutiny. If the story’s writers had bothered to examine the full scope of glaciological science—or even take a glance at…
NYT’s ‘Thirsty Atmosphere’ Claim Falls Flat: Real Data Debunks Drought Alarmism
When news outlets resort to metaphors about “thirsty skies” and glaringly omit factual explanations, they’re not informing—they’re indoctrinating. Honest climate reporting, requires a lot less narrative and a lot more…
Axios Misleads on Hot Summers: Nighttime Lows, Not Daytime Highs, Tell the Real Story
A closer look at the data suggests that rising nighttime temperatures — not dangerous daytime heat — are mostly to blame for the modest increase in “average” temperatures. This pattern…
Grok’s Balanced Climate Take: E&E News Spotlights AI’s Break from Alarmist Dogma
In a world where AI is increasingly shaping public perception, Grok’s commitment to questioning the climate narrative is a win for science and reason. As Waldman’s article inadvertently shows, Grok…
Guardian’s Mosquito Scare Busted: Climate Change Not Bringing Tropical Diseases to UK
This story is just one more instance in which The Guardian is irresponsibly promoting a doomsday scenario based on unjustified extrapolations of trends based on extreme model projections, while ignoring real-world epidemiological…
CNN’s AMOC Alarm Debunked: Ocean Current Collapse Claims Crumble Under Scrutiny
CNN’s article on the AMOC is yet another example of how mainstream media misleads the public by dressing up uncertain science as inevitability. By leaning on AMOC modeling that lacks…
CNN’s Climate Con Exposed: Real Estate, Not Storms, Fuels Skyrocketing Insurance Costs
Wrongly scapegoating non-existent “climate risk” allows adjusters, insurers, and lenders justify higher premiums, interest rates, and stricter credit standards while diverting attention from the actual causes of rising mortgage costs…
Slate’s Climate Extinction Scare Debunked: Why Humanity Isn’t Doomed
If Slate is genuinely concerned about the future of humanity, it would serve its readers better by discussing practical, evidence-based adaptation strategies rather than promoting end-of-the-world narratives. Fear sells, but…
The New Scientist Is Flat Wrong – We Live in a Golden Age Thanks to a Warmer Climate
The NS article is yet another example of cherry-picked data and misleading narratives masquerading as climate journalism. Rather than presenting a balanced perspective that acknowledges both potential risks and documented…
Wrong, Phys.org, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a Rise in Lost School Days
This article is a textbook example of shoddy research dressed up as urgent policy insight. By stretching an already weak climate claim—about worsening cyclones—into an even more tenuous social consequence—missed…
Wrong, The Hill, Climate Driven Corn Insurance Cost Projections Mislead the Public
It’s astonishing that The Hill would publish such an article based on shaky, unverified models without at least checking real-world data trends on agricultural productivity and extreme weather. For over…
Wrong, New York Times, Climate Change Isn’t Disrupting Blood Supplies
This article shows that the NYT continues to be wedded to promoting pseudoscientific climate alarmism. Rather than investigating the real causes complicating and limiting blood donation and delivery, ranging from…
The New York Times’ Claim That Climate Change Threatens the Global Economy Is False
It seems the NYT story is built on a fact-free “House of Cards,” emblematic of the mainstream media increasing tendency to write “Fake News,” and ignore facts, especially when the…
False, Axios, Atlanta’s Rainfall Increase Isn’t Attributable to Climate Change
Climate Central continues to push a simplistic narrative that ignores fundamental atmospheric physics, misuses regional data, and omits well-established meteorological processes like UHI and aerosol-induced rainfall. Until outlets like Axios…
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