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Climate Misinformation by Source: Lawrence Solomon

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Favourite climate myths by Lawrence Solomon

Below are many of the climate myths used by Lawrence Solomon plus how often each myth has been used.

Climate myths by Solomon	What the Science Says	Usage
"Climategate CRU emails suggest conspiracy"	A number of investigations have cleared scientists of any wrongdoing in the media-hyped email incident.	1
"It's cosmic rays"	Cosmic rays show no trend over the last 30 years & have had little impact on recent global warming.	1
"It's the sun"	In the last 35 years of global warming, sun and climate have been going in opposite directions	1
"Ice age predicted in the 70s"	The vast majority of climate papers in the 1970s predicted warming.	1
"It hasn't warmed since 1998"	Every part of the Earth's climate system has continued warming since 1998, with 2015 shattering temperature records.	1
"Climate's changed before"	Climate reacts to whatever forces it to change at the time; humans are now the dominant forcing.	1
"It's cooling"	All the indicators show that global warming is still happening.	1
"It's not bad"	Negative impacts of global warming on agriculture, health & environment far outweigh any positives.	1
"We're heading into an ice age"	Worry about global warming impacts in the next 100 years, not an ice age in over 10,000 years.	1

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