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3 weeks ago | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
In their recent article, “America’s summers keep getting warmer,” Axios claims that hotter summers across the U.S. are “one of the clearest ways we experience climate change.” That statement is misleading. The article focuses exclusively on “average summer temperatures” while ignoring crucial underlying details — specifically, the difference between daytime highs and nighttime lows.
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Mar 29, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
Meteorologist: AP’s ‘Juiced’ Weather Claims Collapse Under ScrutinyBy Anthony WattsThe Associated Press (AP) recently published an article titled “From Deluges To Drought, Climate Change Speeds Up Water Cycle, Triggers More Extreme Weather.” The article is false. [emphasis, links added]Evidence clearly indicates that no changes in extreme weather trends are found in the data, and as such, no changes can be tied to climate change.
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts |Sterling Burnett
No, Axios, Climate Change Is Not Making Atlanta’s Allergy Season WorseBy Anthony Watts and Sterling BurnettAxios Atlanta recently published an article titled “Pollen season in Atlanta is getting worse, thanks to climate change,” claiming that rising temperatures caused by climate change are making allergy season more severe. Axios’ article is misleading at best, and misses a larger point.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts |H. Sterling Burnett
Wrong, PBS, Real-World Data Doesn’t Show That a Climate Crisis Is HappeningBy Anthony Watts and H. Sterling BurnettThe Public Broadcasting System (PBS) recently published article by Seth Borenstein of the Associated Press (AP), titled “Scientists say EPA just needs to look around the world to see the growing dangers of climate change,” which says that proof of catastrophic climate change is found in obvious “growing dangers” evident for all to see. This is false.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
USCRN Data Throws a Curveball: Second Biggest Month-to-Month Temperature Drop Since 2009By Anthony WattsDec 24 to Jan 25 was the 2nd biggest month-to-month temperature drop in the surface temperature record at 7.13°F in one month. As many readers know, we follow the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) closely here, keeping it updated monthly on the right sidebar along with the UAH global satellite record.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
Lately, a series of mainstream news outlets, including USA Today, AP News, BBC Future, and Fast Company, have churned out articles claiming that January 2025’s record cold and heavy snowfall across the United States are to greater or lesser degrees due to climate change, or at least that such a connection can’t be ruled out. This is false.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
California’s landscapes have evolved alongside fire for millennia. Long before industrialization, periodic wildfires swept through these ecosystems, clearing out excess vegetation and promoting biodiversity. This is not conjecture, rather it is well-documented in history. Native American tribes understood this and used controlled burns to manage the land. The problem today is not that California has fires—it always has.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts
No, Mainstream Media, Climate Change Isn’t to Blame for California’s WildfiresThe devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have once again become a rallying cry for those blaming climate change for natural disasters. Recent coverage, such as stories in Axios and by the BBC hastily and falsely connect these wildfires to a “rare confluence of climate factors,” a narrative that has become all too familiar. However, any such connection is unsupported by data.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Anthony Watts |H. Sterling Burnett
Flooding Facts Drowned by Climate Hysteria: The BBC Ignores Spain’s Weather HistoryBy Anthony Watts and H. Sterling BurnettThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) article, titled “Scientists sure warming world made Spain’s storm more intense,” ties recent flash flooding in Spain to climate change. This is false. Data refutes claims that flooding has gotten worse in Europe amid modestly warming temperatures.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |James Taylor |H. Sterling Burnett |Anthony Watts
PRESS RELEASE: Hurricane Milton Historic, Not UnprecedentedBy James Taylor, H. Sterling Burnett, Anthony Watts, Linnea Lueken, Steven MilloyARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (October 8, 2024) – Hurricane Milton is on track Wednesday to be one of the biggest storms to ever hit the Tampa Bay, Florida area, and is one of the few Category 5 hurricanes on record in the satellite era (1966-onwards).
