Anthony Watts

Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as well as co-authored peer-reviewed papers on climate issues. He operates the most viewed website in the world on climate, the award-winning website wattsupwiththat.com.
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No, CNN and BBC, 2024 Wasn’t the ‘Hottest Year on Record’ When ALL of the Available Evidence Is Considered

A number of mainstream media outlets have uncritically echoed the proclamation of 2024 being the "hottest year on record," such as, CNN with a story titled, “2024 Confirmed as World’s Hottest Year on Record”,...
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Politico and The Guardian Falsely Blame California Wildfires on Climate Change

Recent reports in Politico and The Guardian make a now-familiar but false claim: California’s wildfires, particularly the devastating events around Los Angeles, are evidence of an accelerating "climate crisis." The claims made in these...
Wildfires

No, Mainstream Media, Climate Change Isn’t to Blame for California’s Wildfires

The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have once again become a rallying cry for those blaming climate change for natural disasters. Recent coverage, such as stories in Axios and by the BBC  hastily and...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wrong, BBC, There’s No Link Between Extreme Weather in 2024 and Climate Change

The BBC's recent article, A Year of Extreme Weather That Challenged Billions, presents a false narrative, attributing various weather events in 2024 directly to climate change. While it's undeniable that our planet experiences a...
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Wrong, World Meteorological Organization, There Is No Evidence “Climate Change Impacts Grip[ed] Globe in 2024”

The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) article, “Climate Change Impacts Grip Globe in 2024,” paints a dire picture of a planet spiraling into chaos, with extreme weather events attributed to anthropogenic climate change. While the...
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No, Associated Press, Extreme Weather Events in a Single Year Are Not Climate Change

A recent article in the Seattle Times, titled "From water destruction to deadly heat: Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024," presents a series of photographs depicting various natural disasters and extreme weather...
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Hey Media, Remember in 2017 When an Iceberg in Antarctica Freaked You Out? Science now says: ‘Never Mind’

In July 2017, CNN and a number of other media outlets posted stories about iceberg A-68 calving off of Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf, with CNN suggesting we should be “freaked out” about it...
Extreme Weather

Storm Darragh Leaves UK’s Biggest Solar Farm in Pieces

Editor’s Note: Wind and solar industrial facilities are often proposed as the way to have our cake and eat it too on energy – to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electric power generation while...
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