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Checking information that claims to be based on science Science Feedback is a publication verifying the credibility of influential information and media coverage that claims to be scientific in fields that are particularly prone to misunderstandings and misinformation such as climate change and health. It is operated by a not-for-profit organization. Our mission Our first mission is to help create an Internet where users will have access to scientifically sound and trustworthy information. We also provide feedback to editors and journalists about the credibility of information published by their outlets. Our mission is pedagogical: we strive to explain whether and why information is or is not consistent with the science. We are nonpartisan and apply the same methodology to claims made in a variety of media outlets, as well as exposing claims that either contradict or over-hype science. We believe it is scientists’ civic duty to better inform our fellow citizens in our area of expertise. Source

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Cattle have numerous impacts on Earth’s climate and natural environments, despite misconceptions

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By Darrik Burns
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Key Takeaways: There were 1.5 billion cattle on Earth in 2022 – that’s more cattle than there are people in any single country right now; Cattle production emits greenhouse gases both through enteric fermentation (i.e., gas produced from digestion) and farming processes – these greenhouse gases warm Earth; Cattle produce approximately 104 million metric tons of methane – a potent greenhouse gas – each year; Although suitably designed pasture systems have a lower impact on Earth’s climate than...
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Wildfires in LA influenced by Santa Ana winds and dry vegetation; climate change a likely factor, contrary to viral misinformation

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By Darrik Burns
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CLAIM The January 2025 LA wildfires weren't influenced by climate change. SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, 12 Jan. 2025 DETAILS Misleading: Early analyses by climate researchers suggest that both climate change and natural weather variability worsened the January 2025 LA wildfires by increasing dry vegetation (which serves as fuel).
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Tire fires in Kuwait have a much smaller climate influence than methane emissions from cows, contrary to claims

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CLAIM Cow farts [methane emissions from cattle] are blamed for climate change, but there are bigger issues like people burning millions of tires in the deserts of Kuwait. SOURCE: Social media users, Instagram, 23 Nov. 2024 DETAILS Factually inaccurate: Methane emissions from cattle (cows) increase global warming, but climate scientists explain that carbon dioxide (CO2) has been the main driver; they do not claim that cattle emissions are solely responsible.
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No, marine emissions study didn’t find that climate change is ‘greatly overestimated’, contrary to recent claims

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CLAIM New study shows that climate change is greatly overestimated because oceans are cooling Earth far more than we thought SOURCE: Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Studyfinds.org, 10 December 2024 DETAILS Factually inaccurate: This claim is a misinterpretation of the research findings; as explained by one of the authors of the paper, these findings have regional climate implications (i.e., in the Southern Ocean), but do not overturn the well-established evidence of global warming, nor the projections...
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No, the UK Met Office is not fabricating climate data, contrary to a blogger’s claims

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CLAIM The United Kingdom Meteorological Office (the Met Office) is fabricating data/making up numbers for weather stations that are closed. SOURCE: Chris Morrison, Ray Sanders, Daily Sceptic, Tallbloke's Talkshop, 31 October 2024 DETAILS Misleading: The average data presented by the Met Office for specific weather stations that have closed is not ‘fabricated’; it is estimated using well-correlated neighboring stations.
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Recent global warming driven by human CO2 emissions, not ‘little ice age’ or urban heat island effects

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By Darrik Burns
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CLAIM “even IF mankind is influencing the temperature, it is insignificant compared to the natural forces” SOURCE: Social media user, Facebook, 10 November 2024 DETAILS Incorrect: Not only has human activity been more significant than natural forces in driving recent global warming, but has in fact been the main driver of this trend. Increased CO2 from human activities has driven global warming trends – not urban heat island effects or emergence from the ‘Little Ice Age’.
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Climate vs. weather: a deep dive on the key differences

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By Darrik Burns
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What’s the difference between ‘climate’ and ‘weather’? Although they are related, these are actually two distinct concepts and they are measured at very different timescales. Despite this, some people use these terms interchangeably, leading to confusion and misinformation about climate change.
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Mass bird migration during Hurricane Helene triggers blue radar blooms, no evidence of weather modification by HAARP or NEXRAD

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By Darrik Burns
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CLAIM Hurricane Helenes path and behavior could have been manipulated by NEXRAD frequency transmissions and/or HAARP SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, 30 September 2024 DETAILS Incorrect: There is no technology humans have that can create or manipulate a hurricane in any way. Hurricane Helene was a naturally occurring weather phenomenon like all other hurricanes; the blue ‘blooms’ in NEXRAD signals were triggered by a massive migration of birds during the hurricane.
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Hurricane predictions aren’t perfect, but that does not ‘invalidate climate change theory’, contrary to Daily Wire claims

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By Darrik Burns
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CLAIM There were no hurricanes this season even despite forecasts for a high activity, revealing a problem with climate change ‘theory’; it has been a light hurricane season SOURCE: Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh, The Daily Wire, 9 and 10 September 2024 DETAILS Factually inaccurate: As of this review’s publication date, there have been four hurricanes in the North Atlantic during the 2024 hurricane season.
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Climate change and its impacts on the water cycle; how can it increase both droughts and heavy downpours?

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By Darrik Burns
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If your tap ran dry and stores closed down, where would you get your freshwater? Water is essential to human life – so important, in fact, that civilizations throughout history have developed around this vital resource. In modern times, many people are fortunate enough to rely on a running tap, but for others, freshwater remains scarce. For those who always have it, water may seem like an abundant, self-replenishing resource.
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