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…
Author: Anthony Watts
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…
Climate Central’s Urban Rainfall Claims Are All Wet
This kind of shoddy research for media consumption undermines public trust in climate science. CC claims to be an authority, yet their work shows a consistent pattern: cherry-pick data, ignore…
Wrong, Associated Press, Climate Change is not Triggering More Extreme Weather
The article is false. Evidence clearly indicates that no changes in extreme weather trends are found in the data and, as such, no changes can be tied to climate change.
No, NewsBreak, the Supposed “Cold Blob” in the Atlantic Isn’t a Harbinger of the Atlantic Ocean Current Collapsing
Rather than presenting a balanced view of the scientific debate, the media continually pushes alarming narratives intended not to inform but rather to generate fear. Yet the stories almost always…
No, Smithsonian Magazine, Climate Change Is Not the Main Driver of Satellite Collision Risk—The Sun Is
By pushing a climate change-driven explanation while ignoring the Sun’s dominant role, and ignoring where most satellites orbit Earth, Smithsonian Magazine is misrepresenting what science tells us about the atmosphere and what…
You Almost Got It Right, New York Post, Subsidence Is Sinking Coastal Cities, Climate Change Isn’t Raising Seas
A recent New York Post (NYP) article, “Scary Map Reveals Major Coastal Cities Rapidly Sinking into Sea”, reports that a study from NASA claims that several major coastal cities are sinking at alarming…
No, Axios, Climate Change Is Not Making Atlanta’s Allergy Season Worse
Instead of taking a broad, evidence-based approach, Axios in its attempt to connect worsening allergies to climate change it has once again resorted to alarmist claims without addressing all relevant…
No, Yahoo News, “Extreme Heat” Isn’t Accelerating Aging—And It’s Not Getting Worse
This type of reporting is not about science; it’s about pushing a climate crisis narrative. Instead of examining long-term historical data and other factors, the media selectively highlights flawed short-term…
Wrong, PBS, Real-World Data Doesn’t Show That a Climate Crisis Is Happening
PBS follows a familiar script: cherry-pick extreme weather events, misrepresent ocean chemistry, and ignore the overwhelming benefits of CO₂, all to justify heavy-handed government intervention. PBS and AP may prefer…
Why Isn’t the Mainstream Media Reporting that Ocean Circulation Is Doing Well?
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is not collapsing, is not slowing catastrophically, and is not about to trigger an Ice Age. The latest scientific research confirms what observational data has…
False, Forbes, Climate Change Is Not Threatening Food Security
The real threat to food security isn’t climate change, rather it is flawed reporting being used to encourage and provide cover for bad policies. Restrictive environmental regulations, misguided carbon reduction…
No, BBC, a Small Panamanian Island is Not Drowning Due to Climate Change
The BBC’s reporting is a prime example of climate alarmism dressed up as journalism, with the organization pushing a narrative, while ignoring crucial facts. Rather than investigating the real reasons…
False, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a Rat Crisis
This latest attempt to link climate change to urban rat infestations is yet another example of the decline in journalistic integrity at WaPo, sadly a growing problem for the mainstream…
No USA Today, Associated Press, and Others, Record Cold and Snowfall in the United States Aren’t Caused by Climate Change
It’s time for journalists to stop treating speculation as fact and for readers to demand accountability in climate reporting. Climate change happens, but there is no evidence of a crisis.…
No, CNN and BBC, 2024 Wasn’t the ‘Hottest Year on Record’ When ALL of the Available Evidence Is Considered
A number of mainstream media outlets have uncritically echoed the proclamation of 2024 being the “hottest year on record,” such as, CNN with a story titled, “2024 Confirmed as World’s…
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