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

You Almost Got It Right, New York Post, Subsidence Is Sinking Coastal Cities, Climate Change Isn’t Raising Seas

A recent New York Post (NYP) article, “Scary Map Reveals Major Coastal Cities Rapidly Sinking into Sea”, reports that a study from NASA claims that several major coastal cities are sinking at alarming rates...
Extreme heat

No, Yahoo News, “Extreme Heat” Isn’t Accelerating Aging—And It’s Not Getting Worse

Among other media outlets, Yahoo News recently posted an article, “Extreme heat may speed up aging in older adults, USC study says,” published as a video story at CBS News Boston, claiming that "extreme...
Ocean currents

Why Isn’t the Mainstream Media Reporting that Ocean Circulation Is Doing Well?

For decades, mainstream media outlets have asserted that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is on the verge of collapse, bringing catastrophic consequences to the planet. This is false. Recent research indicates that climate...
Crop production

False, Forbes, Climate Change Is Not Threatening Food Security

A recent Forbes’ article, “Climate Change Threatens Food Security—Can Data Be the Real Hero?” claims that climate change poses a significant threat to global food production. This narrative is not only false, it implies just...
Sea level

No, BBC, a Small Panamanian Island is Not Drowning Due to Climate Change

The BBC’s recent article “Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island,” claims that the island of Cartí Sugdupu in Panama is being swallowed by rising sea levels due to climate change....
Alarmist messengers/claims

False, Washington Post, Climate Change Isn’t Causing a Rat Crisis

The Washington Post (WaPo) published an article claiming global warming is responsible for increasing rats populations in the world’s major cities. This is false. Rats have always lived among and thrived with human populations....
Climate models

No, Associated Press, the Projected Increase in Heat-Related Deaths in Europe is Statistical Fearmongering

A recent article by the Associated Press (AP) “Study projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms” was carried by dozens of media outlets. The story is false, because the study relied entirely...
Economics and policy

How To Rescind the Endangerment Finding in a Way That Will Stick

Guest essay by Francis Menton From the MANHATTAN CONTRARIAN As discussed in my previous post, one of President Trump’s first-day Executive Orders — the one entitled “Unleashing American Energy” — directed a reconsideration of EPA’s so-called “Endangerment Finding”...
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