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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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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Right, FreePress, the Mainstream Media Should Stop Falsely Blaming Air Turbulence on Climate Change

A May 23rd article by Rupa Subramanya in the FreePress.com (FP) had this bold headline: Stop Making Plane Turbulence About Climate Change. The story accurately describes how the mainstream media (MSM) used the severe...
Hurricanes

Media Hypes NOAA’s Above-Normal 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast

The mainstream media is hyping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual hurricane Season forecast released on May 23rd, that projects significantly above normal hurricane season is to be expected in the Atlantic....
Climate change impacts

No, Washington Post, Houston’s Mosquito Problem Isn’t New or Driven by Climate Change

A recent article in the Washington Post (WaPo) linked recent heavy rain and an associated explosion of mosquitoes to climate change. Other media outlets such as Fox News, cited the WaPo story saying Mosquitoes...
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