Review of Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth) reveals numerous, well-known misinformation talking points and inaccuracies
On 21 March 2024, a movie titled “Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)” was released on YouTube, and widely shared…
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Different parts of the planet warm more quickly than others. That doesn’t mean climate change isn’t happening.
If you’re even a casual consumer of climate news, you probably know that some parts of the globe are warming more rapidly than others. Scientists have known for years, for instance, that the Arctic is heating up at a faster clip than the global average, and recently, the region made headlines after a study showed that the northernmost reaches of our planet are warming four times faster than the rest of the Earth.
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IncorrectWarming of Earth’s surface and oceans continues apace, contrary to claims in blog
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”Global warming started to run out of steam over two decades ago… Half of the apparent global temperature increase from January 1910 to January 2000 is due to administrative adjustments.”
Source: Daily Sceptic, Chris Morrison, 2022-05-19 -
-1.8Very lowCO2 coalition sponsored article in The Washington Times presents list of false and misleading statements about the impacts of CO2 and climate change
“This article recycles old tropes such as “it’s been warm before”, “CO2 levels have been higher in the past” (millions of years ago!), “CO2 is plant food”, “warming is good for ecosystems/humans”, “so far impacts are small, so they will remain small”, etc. All these pseudo-arguments have been addressed many times before (see examples here, here, and here). This article is clearly motivated, misleading and biased.”
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InaccurateIn viral Turning Point USA video, Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk falsely claim there is no evidence of global warming and scientists don’t know the cause
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There is no factual data to back up global warming; real scientists don’t know whether CO<sub>2</sub>, solar sunspots or natural activity cause global warming
Source: Turning Point USA, Candace Owens, Charlie Kirk, 2021-04-11 -
InaccurateDeserts cool the planet by reflecting solar radiation to space; vegetated areas have an overall warming effect, so planting trees in deserts doesn’t necessarily cool the planet
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"Deserts are heat producers, reflecting around 60% to 70% of the solar energy that falls on them straight back into the atmosphere."; "If we want to do something about global warming, we have to do something about deserts."
Source: The Guardian, Steve Rose, Ties Van der Hoeven, 2021-03-20 -
InaccurateScientists didn’t announce impending environmental catastrophes every decade since the 1970s
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Science said in the: 70s, another ice age in 10 years; 80s, acid rain will destroy all crops in 10 years; 90s: the ozone layer will be destroyed in 10 years; 2000’s the ice caps will be gone on 10 years
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-02-20 -
InaccurateNOAA shows clear global warming trends over the past 58 years based on radiosonde data
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“The 58 year net gain of global temperature is zero. We are simply in a cyclical, normal ebb and flow of temperature.”
Source: Facebook, Facebook users, 2021-01-29 -
IncorrectScientific studies established clear links between human-caused increased in atmospheric CO2 and global warming
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“It’s a good thing that we are putting some more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The scientific method has not been applied in such a way as to prove that carbon dioxide is causing the Earth to warm.”
Source: Instagram, Patrick Moore, 2020-12-16 -
IncorrectGreenhouse gases cause global warming by trapping infra-red radiations, not by “causing more holes in the ozone layer”
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Greenhouse gases emitted into the ocean are causing more holes in the ozone layer … “the ozone layer has holes in it causing global temperature to rise”
Source: Instagram, Otis Holland, 2020-07-11