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 change impacts

Wrong, Bloomberg, Climate Change Is Not the Next ‘Black Swan’ for Markets

A recent article in Bloomberg titled The Market’s Next Black Swan Is Climate Change, by Mark Gongloff, says “Failing to do more to slow the planetary heating caused by greenhouse-gas emissions will gouge 40% from...
Global Greening

Yale Environment 360 Pushes Alarming Carbon Dioxide Story, Despite Beneficial Global Greening

Image: Green areas saw a growth in foliage from 2000 to 2017, while brown areas saw a drop. JOSHUA STEVENS / NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY A July 16th article published by Yale Environment 360 claims global greening...
Sea level

No, USA Today, Rising Seas Aren’t to Blame for ‘disappearance of rare cactus in Florida’

A recent article in USA TODAY claims that a rare cactus in the Florida Keys has gone extinct due to sea level rise. This is false. Many factors have contributed to the decline of...
Contradictions

Media Reports Earth’s ‘1.5C Temperature limit’ was ‘breached for 12 months in a row’ – Nothing Bad Happened

Recently, several media outlets claimed that June 2024 was the hottest June on record globally and that it topped off a string of 12 or 13 warmer than normal months, which they blamed on...
Air turbulence

No, CBS News, New York City Isn’t Going to Be Flooded by Sea Level Rise

An recent CBS News article claims that climate change induced sea level rise could result in large parts of New York City being underwater by the year 2100. This is false. The best and...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Mainstream Media, “Extreme” Wildfires Are Not on The Rise Due to Climate Change

This week a new study was published in the Nature journal Ecology and Evolution titled "Increasing frequency and intensity of the most extreme wildfires on Earth." The study claims that wildfires are on the...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, Bloomberg, Neither Extreme Weather Nor Climate is Worsening in Swelling Cities

An article in Bloomberg, titled “Climate Change Is Putting Swelling Cities at Risk,” with the subtitle, “A warming world is putting Bangladesh, Niger, Pakistan, and other countries more at risk for extreme weather,” makes...
Alarmist messengers/claims

No, ScienceNews, Your “Ocean’s Record-Breaking Hot Streak” Claims Are False

A recent ScienceNews (SN) article claims that ocean temperatures are out of control in a year-long record-breaking hot streak. This is false. Numerous ocean temperature data sets show no such record-breaking values and the...
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