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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Heads Up Media – Texas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do with Climate Change

A few days ago, a wildfire started in north Texas and grew quickly, driven by strong southwesterly winds. Named the Smokehouse Creek Fire, it has burned more than 1.1 million acres and is now...

Wrong, Des Moines Register, Fewer Blizzards Would Be a Benefit of Climate Change

An article in the Des Moines Register (DMR) titled Are you tired of yearly blizzards? Well, Iowa could see fewer blizzards in the years ahead, reports on a study from the University of Nebraska...

Wrong, Time Magazine, January 2024 Was Not the Hottest on Record

An article in Time Magazine (Time) claims that January 2024 was the hottest ever on record for the planet. Titled, 2024 Had the Hottest January on Record Following 2023’s Hottest Year on Record the...

No, CNN and Other Media Outlets, Climate Change Is Not Causing the Ocean Circulation to Collapse

A recent CNN headline, “Critical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists“ misleads its readers into believing that a collapse of a critical Atlantic Ocean current is...

Yes, Popular Mechanics, Scientists ‘Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline’

An article published in Popular Mechanics magazine titled, “Oops, Scientists May Have Miscalculated Our Global Warming Timeline” with the subtitle “Clues have emerged that reveal a much hotter history than we thought” makes a...

No, Los Angeles Times, Climate Change Is Not ‘Supercharging’ the Latest Winter Storm

An article in the Los Angeles Times (LAT) by Hayley Smith and Grace Toohey, titled "El Niño and climate change are supercharging incoming storm, SoCal’s biggest this winter," falsely claims the present storm is being...

Media Outlets Continue Spreading False Amazon “Record Drought” Claims

Last week my colleague Linnea Lueken published a detailed rebuttal to a story in the New York Times claiming a recent drought in the Amazon was caused by climate change, saying: Several mainstream news sources,...

Punching Back at Counterpunch’s False Climate Claims

A website called Counterpunch.com ran a story on January 31st saying that we must solve climate change or disaster will befall us. The story is titled, "Solving Climate Change…or Else!" by Stan Cox. As we've...

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