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Climate Misinformation

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world23 days ago

Climate Misinformation Threatens National Security in Canada

The article highlights how climate misinformation in Canada poses a significant national security threat by undermining public trust and emergency response efforts during disasters like wildfires and floods. It emphasizes the need for proactive communication, better coordination among agencies, and partnerships with trusted community figures to improve resilience and ensure effective crisis management in the face of growing climate-related emergencies.

climate-change2 years ago

Rise in Climate Misinformation Targeting Meteorologists.

Meteorologists are facing threats, insults, and slander from conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers who accuse them of faking or fixing the weather. Weather agencies in Spain, Australia, and France have been targeted with false accusations of engineering droughts, doctoring thermometers, and exaggerating global warming. 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. Experts have debunked these claims, but meteorologists continue to face harassment and intimidation on social media.

climate-change2 years ago

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.