“Photos show aftermath of earthquake in Taiwan in September 2022”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
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“It’s not possible for a trace gas, carbon dioxide, to transform & destroy the balance of a global climate infrastructure. 4 molecules in 10,000 could not raise the temperature of the entire atmosphere several degrees”
Climate Fact Checks rated this: False
“Global warming is making the Arctic green which is good news.”
Climate Fact Checks rated this: FALSE
Climate Fact Checks says: The Arctic turning green because of global warming is not good news. The Arctic is one place on the Earth that we don’t want to turn green.
“Queen Elizabeth II died as a result of global climate change !!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: Altered
“The happiest person on bengaluru (with a video of a boy/man diving into the flood)”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Visuals of water entering a bus in Bangalore during the recent floods”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This video is old, and social media posts with this video have been in existence since June 2021. This vides is not related to the recent Bangalore floods.
“96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Although not all temperature stations are stationed in areas with ideal research conditions, experts said data is evaluated and adjusted for potential biases. There is consensus that global temperatures are rising.
“On August 7, 2022, the global average temperature is a mere 0.1C above the 1979-2000 base, with Antarctica -4C below which proves that global warming is not happening and the Earth is actually colder than believed.”
Climate Fact Checks rated this: False
“Climate change is not happening.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: There is “unequivocal” evidence that humans are causing global warming, the U.N. climate change panel has said.
“Aphelion phenomenon will cause a drastic change in climate!!”
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False
“aphelion phenomenon cause cold weather till August”
THIP Media rated this: False
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
PolitiFact says: More than 50% of the contiguous United States was experiencing drought as of July 12, according to National Integrated Drought Information System data.
“Photo shows a trashed venue in Glastonbury after climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke there.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Claim: 2021 dated andhra video being shared as telangana flood visuals”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Recent photo of BJP leaders partying in Goa while many parts of the country are reeling in floods”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post was captured during the recent BJP Parliamentary party meeting held on 16 July 2022, in New Delhi. The photo does not show BJP leaders in Goa
“Scientists say this map represents the United States in 30 years if we don’t reverse climate change.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: An architect created a map in 2015 as a “thought experiment” to show how the Mediterranean Sea would fit inside the United States, and he said it was not related to climate change.
“Suggested that U.S. climate efforts were pointless because “China’s bad air” would simply move over into American “air space.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
FactCheck.org says: Greenhouse gases — the emissions relevant to climate change — mix in the atmosphere and therefore are shared globally.
“‘Aphelion Phenomenon’ turns the weather colder and increases the distance between the Sun and the Earth by 66%”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Aphelion and Perihelion are points in the orbit of Earth when the Earth is farthest and closest to the Sun. Earth’s Aphelion is about 94.5 million miles or 152 million kilometres from the Sun. Earth’s Perihelion is abou…
“Visuals of a journalist asking some blunt questions to Amit Shah for not allocating funds to the state at the time of floods”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The viral excerpt of the interview is from the GHMC election campaign, that took place in November 2020. However, from the full footage of the interview, it is evident that the journalist himself did not question Amit S…
“Claim: misleading being shared that a father saved his children from flood”
Fact Crescendo rated this: MISSING CONTEXT