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Climate & environment fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about climate & environment. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

1,358 published reviews in this topic

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaClimate & environment

මුහුදු ජල මට්ටම ඉහළ යාමේ අවදානමක් ගැන රතු නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කළා ද?

Publisher’s rating: False

The review reports that Sri Lanka’s Meteorology Department had issued no sea-related warning or red alert during the period it checked. It also says the Disaster Management Centre confirmed there was no tsunami risk or sea-related warning for the country.

BR24 FaktenfuchsClimate & environment

"Wir haben 28 aktive Vulkane auf der Erde. Die stoßen innerhalb von fünf Minuten so viel aus wie die ganze Menschheit in einem Jahr. (...) Das Klima kann ich nicht zu stark beeinflussen."

Publisher’s rating: Die Behauptung ist falsch. Das zeigen die Daten der Klimaforschung.

The review says the claim is false: humanity emits more than 60 times as much carbon dioxide each year as all the world’s volcanoes combined. It also places the remark in a discussion of climate protection and human influence on global warming.

Factcrescendo ThailandClimate & environment

ปริมาณน้ำใช้การได้ในเขื่อนลำตะคองเหลือเพียง 19%

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review reports that on February 4, 2025, the reservoir held 78 million cubic meters, or 25% of its capacity, with 55 million cubic meters of usable water—not 19%. It says 21% was a forecast for total reservoir storage at the end of the dry season, not the current usable-water level.