“The butterfly population in the UK has exploded by 338% and butterflies are a marker of a healthy environment thus climate change is not real.”
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Claim dated 16 Sep 2023.
Climate Fact Checks rated thisMisleading
What Climate Fact Checks found
Increase in the population of butterflies doesn't mean that Climate Change is not real.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 16 September 2023. Climate Fact Checks (India) looked into it and published its finding on 27 September 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CxQm5hKtThR/
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