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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Tipping points

No, NYT, ‘Climate Tipping Points’ are Not in Our Near Future

The New York Times (NYT) recently published a special Sunday feature titled, "How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?" The article, which is heavy on infographics and short on actual references or facts tackles...
Coral Reefs

Wrong, New York Times, the Great Barrier Reef is Not in Danger

An August 7th article in The New York Times (NYT) titled, Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for Great Barrier Reef Within a Generation claims recent warm ocean temperatures could be catastrophic the Great Barrier...
Temperature context

Right, Washington Post, Rural Areas Are Significantly Cooler Than Cities, But Please Learn How to Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit

An August 3rd article in The Washington Post (WaPo), “titled Study suggests nearby rural land can cool cities by nearly 30 percent,” admits what others, including The Heartland Institute, have noted for years: rural...
Drought

The New York Times Is Clueless When It Comes to Climate and the #ParkFire

The New York Times (NYT), in a July 30th story titled "How Did the Park Fire Get So Big, So Fast?" claims that “eat has been breaking records all summer, and Dr. Williams said...
Economic costs

No, CNBC, Insurance Premiums Are Not Increasing Due to Climate Change

An article published on the CNBC website on July 29th made the claim in this headline: "Homeowners insurance premiums rose 21% last year. Climate change is partly to blame, experts say."  The article goes...
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...
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