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Georg Feulner
Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Expertise: Paleoclimatology, Influence of solar activity on Earth's climate
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Hypothesis handle: gfeulner
Qualifying publication(s): see criteria
ARTICLES REVIEWED
The Daily Wire makes wild claims about climate change based on no evidence
in The Daily Wire, by Joseph Curl
— 09 May 2017
"The article contains little to no rational treatment of observational data, but relies on heavily biased secondhand interpretation... Even the title is based on a lie. There is no..
Analysis of “Scientists: Here’s What Really Causes Climate Change (And It Has Nothing To Do With Human Beings)”
in The Daily Wire, by James Barrett
— 28 Feb 2017
"The article misuses a Nature article on a geological process 90 millions years ago to argue the warming of the past century is not anthropogenic. It seems the reasoning is ideolog..
Analysis of “Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years”
in The Telegraph, by Dan Hyde
— 30 Jul 2015
"The whole argument in the article rests on the incorrect myth that the Maunder minimum caused a "mini ice age" and uses that name to draw specious implications and conclusions.
CLAIMS REVIEWED
The sun isn’t responsible for current climate change, contrary to claims in Suspicious0bservers YouTube video
CLAIM
Scientists have neglected the effect of solar particles, cosmic rays, the interplanetary magnetic field and Earth's weakening magnetic field to conclude climate change is due to human activity
SOURCE: Ben Davidson, Suspicious0bservers
Published: 29 Jul 2022
VERDICT
Low solar activity has little effect on Earth’s climate, contrary to claim in The Sun
CLAIM
"The sun has gone into ‘lockdown’ which could cause freezing weather, earthquakes and famine, say scientists"
SOURCE: Chris Pollard, The Sun
Published: 20 May 2020
VERDICT
Express article falsely warns of a solar-induced “ice age”
CLAIM
The current solar minimum could last for more than three decades which could lead to temperatures plummeting across the globe, scientists have warned.
SOURCE: Sean Martin, Express
Published: 06 Aug 2019
VERDICT
Sky News Australia interview falsely claims that global cooling is coming soon
CLAIM
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is misleading humanity about climate change and sea levels, and that in fact a new solar-driven cooling period is not far off
SOURCE: Alan Jones, Nils Axel-Mörner, Sky News Australia
Published: 18 Jul 2019
VERDICT
Metro’s claims of coming “mini ice age” have no basis in reality
CLAIM
[S]unspot activity on the surface of our star has dropped to a new low. It’s feared this could herald the arrival of a uniquely grim ‘mini Ice Age’.
SOURCE: Jasper Hamill, Metro
Published: 20 Nov 2018
VERDICT
A lull in solar activity would have little effect on global temperatures; claims of “global cooling” are not based on science
CLAIM
Forward projections of solar cyclicity imply the next few decades may be marked by global cooling rather than warming, despite continuing CO2 emissions.
SOURCE: Craig Idso, Robert Carter, S. Fred Singer, Heartland Institute
Published: 30 May 2017
VERDICT