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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Climate models

Hey, Carbon Brief, Quit Conflating Model Based ‘Attribution Study’ Outputs with Real Weather Data

The Carbon Brief (TCB) recently put an interactive web page online titled: Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world. However, the web page gives a false impression that TCB is using...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Atlanta News First, Climate Change is Not Threatening the “Way of Life” of Georgia Farmers

A November 18 article by Atlanta News First (ANF) claims that climate change is affecting Georgia’s farmers and the restaurants that depend on local produce. This is demonstrably false. Empirical data of temperature and...
Climate models

The Guardian is Flat Wrong About Blaming Climate for Extreme Weather

On Monday November 18, The Guardian published an “explainer” piece titled "How do we know that the climate crisis is to blame for extreme weather?" This is false. Actual data on extreme weather does...
Energy Security

Trump Taps Fracking Executive and “TV-ready Evangelist for Fossil Fuels” for Energy Secretary

From Legal Insurrection via WattsUpWithThat Chris Wright, Chief Executive of Liberty Energy, a fracking company based in Denver, has been outspoken in challenging climate change pseudoscience and championing sound energy policy. Posted by Leslie Eastman President/President-elect Donald Trump has...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Discover Magazine, the “Existential Terror” of Hurricanes Doesn’t Fuel Climate Denial

In a recent article, titled "How the Existential Terror of Hurricanes Can Fuel Climate Change Denial," Discover Magazine (DM) posits that the fear induced by hurricanes like Helene and Milton leads individuals to deny...
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Wrong, Bloomberg, Real World Evidence Proves Extreme Rainfall Hasn’t Become More Frequent or Deadly

A November 4th Bloomberg article, titled “Extreme Rainfall Is Becoming More Frequent and Deadly,” covering the recent floods in Valencia suggests that climate change is producing greater numbers extreme rainfall events that are also...
Plant life

Wrong, Earth.com, Climate Change is Actually Enhancing Life on Earth

An undated Earth.com article claims “The foundation of life is at risk from climate change.” This is false. Real-world data shows that the Earth is actually increasing its biomass in response to the mild...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Bloomberg, Climate is Not “Killing Buildings”

An October 21 article in Bloomberg claims that Climate Change is Killing Buildings in Slow Motion. This is demonstrably false, as buildings have been affected by weather for millennia, not just during the present....
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