Climate Misinformation Targets Meteorologists on Social Media

Meteorologists are facing threats, insults, and slander from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or fixing the weather. Spain's State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) spoke out after its members were threatened in Twitter messages, phone calls, and emails. Users on Twitter and other social media falsely accused Spain's weather agency of engineering a drought, Australia's of doctoring its thermometers, and France's of exaggerating global warming through misplaced weather stations. Climate change denial has increased, particularly among far-right supporters who see it as a leftist cause and oppose reforms aimed at curbing its impacts.