ENVIRONMENT

Volcano carbon footprint overstated in social media posts

Published on 22/03/2023 at 14:57

A tweet claims the carbon dioxide released by a recent volcanic eruption in Indonesia is equal to the amount emitted from all other sources over a century. This is false; experts told AFP the emissions from large volcanic eruptions are dwarfed by those from human activities and that in rare cases, eruptions can temporarily cool the surrounding atmosphere as was observed in the Philippines in 1991.

US derailment falsely linked to 'toxic' Canada snow

Published on 21/03/2023 at 20:08

Statue of Liberty images do not disprove sea-level rise

Published on 21/03/2023 at 15:06

Greta Thunberg targeted with misleading headlines about deleted tweet

Published on 17/03/2023 at 17:33

Video purportedly showing elephant stopping trucks in Cambodia is actually from Thailand

Published on 16/03/2023 at 10:17

Ohio train derailment fuels 15-minute city conspiracy theories

Published on 14/03/2023 at 21:36

US podcaster promotes false claims about weather, climate change

Published on 14/03/2023 at 14:19

Videos spread false claims about urban redesign plans

Published on 10/03/2023 at 23:04

Offshore wind farms misleadingly blamed for whale deaths

Published on 10/03/2023 at 22:19

TikTok video misrepresents Mexico move to restrict 'geoengineering'

Published on 10/03/2023 at 18:37

Posts falsely claim of restrictions under 15-minute city plan

Published on 09/03/2023 at 21:23

Posts falsely claim video of cheetahs was filmed in South Africa and sold for $1 million

Published on 09/03/2023 at 15:11

Video spreads false claims about Mississauga 15-minute city plan

Updated on 08/03/2023 at 17:26

Video of brown tap water from Oregon, not Ohio

Published on 03/03/2023 at 21:22

Climate change skeptics mislead on Saudi Arabia snow images

Published on 02/03/2023 at 22:29