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This organized and orchestrated climate change science denial has contributed to the lack of progress in reducing global green house gas emissions - to the point that we are facing a global climate emergency. And when climate change deniers use certain myths – at best fake news and at worse straight lies – to undermine the science of climate change, ordinary people can find it hard to see through the fog. Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.
A study using 700 climate records showed that, over the last 2,000 years, the only time the climate all around the world has changed at the same time and in the same direction has been in the last 150 years, when over 98% of the surface of the planet has warmed.Sunspots are storms on the sun’s surface that come with intense magnetic activity and can be accompanied by solar flares. These sunspots do have the power to modify the climate on Earth.
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