Climate Fact-Check May 2026

From ClimateRealism

Guest Post by: The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, The Heartland Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, and the International Climate Science Coalition, and Truth in Energy and Climate.

Editor’s note: This compilation serves as a fact check on the top false claims made about climate change by the media in May 2026.

Debunking claims of climate causing ‘less healthy’ food – Melting ice will NOT ‘drown millions’ – Droughts NOT caused by fossil fuels – Earth is NOT spinning slower due to climate change!

Links: The Washington Post article, Leiden University analysisexamples of experiments, Free-Air carbon dioxide enrichment, crop yield increases.
Links: Committee animation, U.S. drought monitor, drought classification, NOAA climate definition.
Links: The Daily Mail postNature study, East Antarctica ice gainsIPCC AR6.
Links: IPCC abandoning high-end scenariosThe Washington Post articleThe New Republic articleplausibility, coal consumption estimate, proven reserves.
Links: Climate Central report, UHI mappingpaper on UHI.

Until next month, enjoy these and other great climate fact checks at:

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