“Photos of the Statue of Liberty taken in 1920 and 2020 show that the sea level hasn’t changed.”
Social media posts
Instagram post. Claim dated 1 Mar 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
According to the New York City Panel on Climate Change, the relative sea level rise in New York City averaged 0.11 inches per year from 1850 to 2017.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 15 March 2023, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CpQYccUONeA/
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