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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Sea level

Wrong, Daily Mail, The Thwaites Glacier Isn’t About to ‘COLLAPSE’

The Daily Mail (DM) claims in “Is Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier about to COLLAPSE?” that the Thwaites Glacier could lose its ice shelf “this year” with “devastating consequences” for global sea levels. This is false....
Extreme heat

Wrong, Associated Press, Computer Simulations Don’t Mean Smashed Heat Records Will Occur

The Associated Press (AP) claims in “Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says” that Earth is “overwhelmingly likely” to repeatedly surge past the 1.5°C threshold and experience escalating...
Alarmist messengers/claims

Wrong, BBC, No ‘Climate Driven Millisecond Earth Rotation Crisis’ Exists

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Science Focus article “Something ‘unprecedented’ is now happening to Earth’s rotation, scientists say" claims that climate change is causing an “unprecedented” slowing of Earth’s rotation by 1.33 milliseconds per...
U.S. temperatures

No, Climate Central, Summer Warming Isn’t Due to Climate Change

Climate Central claims in “Summer Warming (1970–2025) Driven By Climate Change” that summers have warmed in 97 percent of 243 U.S. cities and that human-caused climate change is the leading driver in 91 percent...
Glaciers

Wrong, Daily Mail, Future Melting Antarctic Ice Isn’t Going to Drown Millions

A recent Daily Mail (DM) article, “Rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelves may cause global sea levels to rise even FASTER than expected – leaving millions at risk of being plunged underwater, study warns,” cites a...
Hurricanes

Wrong, Guardian, Climate Change Hasn’t Taken New Orleans Beyond the ‘Point of No Return’

The Guardian claims in “‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds” that New Orleans has effectively entered a “terminal condition” and must begin an organized...
Crop nutrition

No, Washington Post, ‘Carbon Pollution’ Isn’t Making Food Less Healthy

The Washington Post (WaPo) claims in “The invisible force making food less nutritious” that rising carbon dioxide pollution is steadily degrading the nutritional quality of crops, putting billions at risk of hidden hunger. This...
Media Coverage of Climate

No, USA Today, ‘Day After Tomorrow’ AMOC Collapse Isn’t Happening

USA Today claims in “Infamous disaster scenario can rapidly unfold, study finds” that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, could rapidly collapse in a scenario reminiscent of the movie The Day After Tomorrow....
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