Scott Johnson

Science Editor, Climate Feedback

Expertise: Hydrogeology

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CLAIMS REVIEWED

1977 “coming ice age” Time magazine cover is a fake

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When the exact same group of 'experts' who claimed it was global cooling in 1977 now claim it's global warming you can easily see why I am skeptical

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook

Published: 16 Dec 2019

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Bedrock heat flow studies made no claim contradicting human-caused melting of glaciers

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[A] series of just-released studies by working-level scientists prove that geological and not atmospheric forces are responsible for melting of Earth’s polar ice sheets.

SOURCE: James Edward Kamis, Climate Change Dispatch

Published: 22 Nov 2019

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Human activities release far more carbon dioxide than volcanoes do

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That one little burp by Mt. Etna has already put more than 10,000 times the CO2 into the atmosphere than mankind has in our entire time on the Earth

SOURCE: Anonymous, Facebook post

Published: 31 Oct 2019

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Investor’s Business Daily editorial doesn’t support claims about UN statements

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The UN Admits That The Paris Climate Deal Was A Fraud

SOURCE: Anonymous, Investor's Business Daily

Published: 17 Jun 2019

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