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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False, New York Times, Climate Change Doesn’t Cause Both Extreme Heat and Extreme Cold

The recent New York Times (NYT) article “Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold” by David Gelles claims that global warming is simultaneously driving “colder colds” and “hotter hots,” presenting recent U.S....
Drought

No, Al-Jazeera, Climate Change Hasn’t Altered African Flood and Drought Patterns

Al Jazeera (AJ) recently published an article titled “Drought in the east, floods in the south: Africa battered by climate change” by Haru Mutasa, in which the reporter details recent experiences of drought in...
Economic costs

Facts Over Fear: Newspaper Editorial Shift shows Climate Realism Breakthrough in the UK

An article in the Carbon Brief (CB), “UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time,” documents a clear shift towards climate realism in the United Kingdom: for the first time...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wrong, Mainstream Media, A Brief 1.4°C Global Temperature Spike Isn’t Evidence of ‘Climate Doom’

Several media outlets including National Public Radio (NPR) and Politico recently published stories lamenting "warnings" from climate scientists about the current state of global temperature. Politico published “Global warming reaches 1.4C after third-hottest year...
Alarmist messengers/claims

The New Scientist Misses the Science on ‘Sinking Pacific Islands’

The New Scientist (NS) recently published “The Pacific Islanders fighting to save their homes from catastrophe” by Katie McQue and Sean Gallagher. The article claims that small Pacific island nations face an existential threat...
Climate models

False and Absurd: The BBC’s Fantasy of Climate-Driven Pay Cuts

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Science Focus recently published “Climate change has now shrunk US salaries by 12%. And worse is to come” by Tom Howarth. The article claims that warming temperatures have already...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, CBS News, Recent Temperatures Didn’t Surpass a ‘Critical Climate Mark’

CBS News recently published a story “2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say,” from the Associated Press (CBS/AP), claiming that a recent temperature “blip” has pushed the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Yale Climate Connections, Dramatic Photos Don’t Prove Climate Change Effects

The recent article in Yale Climate Connections, “Six photos show how climate change shaped our world in 2025,” by Samantha Harrington, presents a photo-driven narrative asserting that wildfires, floods, heat waves, hurricanes, and droughts...
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