Friday, December 15, 2023

FALSE claim 'climate crisis hoax' signed by thousands of scientists

Thousands of scientists did NOT SIGN a September 14th article that circulate on Facebook and published on website News Addicrts. The document claimed "Thousands of Scientists Unite to Expose ‘Climate Crisis’ Hoax," The article was shared more than 400 times in six weeks on Facebook, according to Crowdtangle, a social media analytics tool. 

According to USA TODAY only 1,600 people signed the report and the vast majority had no expertise in climate science. Hundreds of the purported signatories are not listed as being scientists of any kind, according to a USA TODAY count.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/10/31/most-climate-change-hoax-signatories-not-climate-experts-fact-check/71249813007/

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