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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 | Renewables
Greece

Fact-check: There is no strategic plan to install 25,000 wind turbines in Greece by July 2025

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

This photo of three firefighters with soot is not from the fires in Spain, but from those in Australia in 2019

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

This video of a “fire tornado” is from the fires in Portugal, not in Galicia

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
CA

Canadian provinces have introduced drastic measures due to catastrophic wildfires

Faktograf
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

No, this picture does not show that León's wildfires in Spain were originated by a laser beam: it is an optical effect captured in USA in 2018 and it has been used for other hoaxes

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Greece

No, HAARP did not cause the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia

Ellinika Hoaxes
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
Spain

The AEMET has not eliminated data prior to 1950 in Ourense and Seville, nor does its historical data deny climate change

Newtral
Factcheck
 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
Germany

Weather data not collected using current methods in the 18th century

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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 | Transport
Netherlands

Footage shows blackout of tables due to environmental norms in the Netherlands, not England

Faktograf
Factcheck
 | Extreme weather events
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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 | Extreme weather events
Germany

Article on global temperatures dates from 2023

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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 | Extreme weather events
ID

Levotobi eruption and CO2 emissions — does it have a bigger impact on the climate than humans?

Demagog Poland
Factcheck
 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
Australia

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

AFP
Factcheck
 | Climate and Earth Science & Attribution
Australia

Severe coral decline recorded on Great Barrier Reef

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
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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
Factcheck
 | Renewables
Spain

“They uproot the vineyards of Toro" (Zamora, Spain) to build a solar plant: expropriated crops are a small part of those in the municipality and represent 3% of the plant's surface

Maldita
Factcheck
 | 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
Spain

Why is incorrect to say that there were “1,060 deaths due to high temperatures” in July 2025 according to MoMo: this is a statistical estimate, not a record

Maldita
Factcheck
 | Conspiracy theories
Poland

Rainfall in July due to HAARP and chemtrails? We check

Demagog Poland

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