{"id":332710,"date":"2024-06-13T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T07:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332710"},"modified":"2024-06-13T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T07:40:53","slug":"climate-fact-check-may-2024-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=332710","title":{"rendered":"Climate fact check \u2014 May, 2024 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"444\" data-attachment-id=\"332711\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=332711\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00May-Climate-Fact-Check-Cover.png?fit=1925%2C1182&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1925,1182\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2024\/06\/11\/climate-fact-check-may-2024-edition\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=climate-fact-check-may-2024-edition&amp;utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=climate-fact-check-may-2024-edition#\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a, sulfur atmospheric reflection, economic impacts, Pakistani weather, no climate refugees in Brazil, turbulence is normal Secretary Buttigieg, tornadoes normal, oceans normal, wildfires normal, Venezuelan glaciers and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Climate_Fact_Check_May_2024_Edition_v2.pdf\"><em><strong>Read the full climate fact check<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" 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