“Greenland's ice sheet isn't shrinking any more rapidly today than it was 80 years ago.”
Steven Koonin
Professor of physics at New York University. In a video posted on Instagram. Claim dated 26 Oct 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The claim is based on data that didn't go beyond 2010. Average yearly ice loss in the 2010s was higher than in the 1930s.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Steven Koonin (Professor of physics at New York University) made this claim around 26 October 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CVdVw-HNvqO/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=5889690f-799f-4be9-bf…
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