Explore Articles: Fact-Checking Climate Data

Browse verified fact-checks and debunks addressing misinformation and disinformation about climate change, curated by European fact-checking organizations.

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United States

High temperatures measured in Death Valley in 1913 are not proof that climate change is not real – Faktograf.hr

Faktograf
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

This image doesn't show the fire in Las Medulas (León), it's made with AI

Newtral
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
Australia

Great Barrier Reef is not thriving: coral reef experiences greatest bleaching since measurements began

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Italy

Image of two weather maps of Italy with false values used to promote climate change denial

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Extreme weather events
Austria

Article about the heat record from 2023 is falsely shared as current

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Greece

No, the fact that Greece has experienced high temperatures in the past does not mean that the heatwaves we are facing today are "normal"

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Extreme weather events
United States

AI images spread of Yellowstone park bears, along with false predictions of natural disasters

AFP
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
Italy

Glacier mummy Ötzi does not refute man-made climate change

Correctiv
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Spain

EVOO with “EU and non-EU” origin and its alleged origin from Morocco: there is no evidence and the company that groups the three major brands mentioned denies it

Maldita
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

Misleadingly edited video: Harald Lesch doesn't object to climate change

Correctiv
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Australia

The Great Barrier Reef is not “thriving”, it is undergoing its largest bleaching ever observed

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Russia

Video showing whale strandings is not related to the earthquake that struck Russia in July 2025

AFP
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

Variations in the global mean temperature with a parallel increase in CO₂ concentration.What is the actual situation?

Ellinika Hoaxes
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France

No, the ocean is not ‘cooling’, contrary to viral claims – it’s been warming at an accelerating rate

Science Feedback
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 | Renewables
France

Wide Awake Media repeats misleading claims that wind turbines are expensive and environmentally unfriendly

Science Feedback
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 | Extreme weather events

Video of stranded whales has nothing to do with earthquakes in Russia in July 2025

AFP
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
European Union

Misleading U.S. Department of Energy climate report chooses bias over science, climate scientists say

Science Feedback
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 | Extreme weather events
Russia

Old video of tsunami in Greenland is shared as current footage from Russia

AFP
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 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The AEMET does not exclude climate data prior to 2020 when it talks about temperature records

EFE Verifica
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution

Unverified claims about climate change and global temperature by the well-known geologist Ian Plimer

Ellinika Hoaxes
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 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
France

Global warming is well linked to human activities

AFP

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