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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Wrong, New York Times, Nepal’s Tragedy Wasn’t Caused by Climate Change

The New York Times (NYT), in its article "Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods," claims that climate change increased the risk of the catastrophic glacier collapse and flooding in Nepal by...
Crop production

Wrong, Reuters, An Early Champagne Harvest Isn’t Proof of Climate Change

Reuters reports in “Record-early champagne harvest highlights climate change impact on French vineyards” that this year's record-early Champagne grape harvest demonstrates the impact of climate change on French vineyards and signals a troubling future...
Hurricanes

Wrong, Deutsche Welle, There Is No Such Thing as a “Super El Niño,” Nor Is it on Team Climate

Deutsche Welle (DW) claims in “How climate change is teaming up with 'Super El Nino” that a developing "Super El Niño," combined with climate change, could make 2026 one of the hottest years on...
Extreme Weather

Wrong, Honolulu Civil Beat, One Hurricane Doesn’t Prove Climate Change

The Honolulu Civil Beat claims in the article “How Is Climate Change Shaping Tropical Storm Lala?” that (then) Tropical Storm Lala demonstrates how climate change is making hurricanes stronger and that Hawaii should expect...
U.S. temperatures

No, Climate Central, Warmer Summer Proves Urban Heat Island, Not Climate Change

An article at Climate Central, “Climate Change Is Driving More Warm Summer Nights in U.S. Cities,” claims that human-caused climate change is driving more warm summer nights in nearly every major U.S. city, making...
Climate models

Wrong, Reno Gazette Journal, a Flawed Climate Study Doesn’t Prove Future Desertification for Reno

The Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) reports in “Climate models project Reno-Sparks could be a desert by late century,” that climate change is poised to dramatically reshape the world's ecosystems, with forests giving way to...
Uncategorized

No, Climate Central, Rising Cooling Costs Aren’t Due to Climate Change

Climate Central's latest report, Warming U.S. Cities Face Higher Cooling Demand and Energy Bills, argues that climate change is driving increased cooling demand and higher electricity costs across America. The report is mistaken, overlooking...
Uncategorized

No, ScienceDaily, Data Show No ‘Sharp Acceleration’ in Warming

ScienceDaily's article, "Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming," promotes a new Geophysical Research Letters paper claiming that global warming has entered "a faster gear" since about 2015. This is false.  The authors...
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