“Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”
Social media posts
Instagram. Claim dated 13 Nov 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The sun and moon do influence the Earth’s climate, but that impact is small and not enough to cause the rapid climate changes the planet started to experience in the 1970s, according to the NOAA.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 13 November 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 December 2022, 18 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/Ck7ZeVHs6Ux/
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