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, The Independent, Weather Disasters Do Not Threaten Survival in the U.K.

In The Independent’s article, “Is your kitchen at risk from climate change? It’s closer to home than you think,” author David Simon warns that the climate crisis has moved from “our children’s future” into our...
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The Independent is Wrong – Coffee, Chocolate, and Wine Are Thriving

The Independent’s recent article, “Engineering climate may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate, and wine,” warns that even extreme geoengineering might not preserve “luxury crops” in a warming world. The whole story is...
Hurricanes

The AP Gets Hurricanes Wrong, Again, Melissa’s Intensity Is Not Proof of Climate Change

In a widely published Associated Press (AP) article, “Climate change fuels Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification to Category 5," reporter Sibi Arasu claims that “the warming of the world’s oceans caused by climate change helped double...
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NPR Is Wrong, Iceland’s Mosquitoes Are Imports, Not Climate Refugees

In NPR’s article, “Mosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time, as climate warms,” reporter Joe Hernandez claims that climate change is bringing mosquitoes to Iceland for the first time in recorded history. Hernandez...
Climate models

No, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn’t Killing Washington, DC’s Trees—Urban Stress Is

In The Washington Post’s (WaPo) article, “Climate change is coming for D.C.’s trees, and the city won’t look the same,” the authors claim that climate change is killing off Washington, DC’s tree canopy. This...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Al Jazeera Is Wrong, Tuvalu’s Islands Are Growing, Not Disappearing

In Al Jazeera’s article, “‘We don’t want to disappear’: Tuvalu fights for climate action and survival,” reporter Lyndal Rowlands claims that the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is on the brink of disappearing beneath...
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No, Bloomberg, One Chart Does Not Prove the World Is Getting Hot Fast

In a recent column titled “A Chart Climate Denialists Can’t Ignore,” Bloomberg writer Mark Gongloff presents a graph from Berkeley Earth’s Zeke Hausfather as proof that “the world is getting hotter, and fast.” While the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

False, Yahoo News, Cape Coral Isn’t Sinking

Yahoo News’ reprinted an item from The Cool Down, titled “Experts warn that beloved US coastal town could soon vanish off map entirely: ‘I’m scared,’” which claims Cape Coral, Florida will disappear soon due...
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