{"id":406869,"date":"2025-10-07T08:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406869"},"modified":"2025-12-25T01:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T00:16:29","slug":"climate-fact-check-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=406869","title":{"rendered":"Climate Fact-Check September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From ClimateRealism<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Guest Contributor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Editor\u2019s note: This summary serves as a fact check on the top false claims made<\/em> about climate change by the media in September 2025. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debunking the latest unscientific fearmongering on the hottest year, wildfires, \u2018bigger hail\u2019, corals & alleged climate-caused insurance rate increases!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: World Meteorological Organization\u00a0post<\/a>, Dr. Rohde\u00a0counter<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0X comment<\/a>, Chinese\u00a0installed solar capacity claims<\/a>, coal\u00a0record<\/a>, new\u00a0Chinese coal plants<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: Al Jazeera\u00a0post<\/a>, NASA satellite\u00a0data<\/a>, other\u00a0satellite<\/a>\u00a0data and\u00a0reconstructions<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Links: Realtor.com\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0wildfires<\/a>, flood damage\u00a0data<\/a>, hurricane\u00a0data<\/a>, wildfire\u00a0severity<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Links:\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0temperature risk<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a060 million years of coral<\/a>, runoff\u00a0information<\/a>, chemical\u00a0information<\/a>, UV\u00a0exposure<\/a>,\u00a0local sea level drop<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Links:\u00a0Nature Communications<\/em>\u00a0paper<\/a>,\u00a0RCP8.5 issues<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Until next month, enjoy these and other great climate fact checks at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ClimateRealism.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Climate Change Is Not Causing New England\u2019s \u2018Creepy\u2019 Bacteria and Bugs, Boston Globe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • False, New York Times, Climate Change Isn\u2019t Causing More European Heat Deaths<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Get the Facts Straight, The Independent, Island Nations Are Growing, Not \u201cSinking Into the Sea\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    ClimateDepot.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The climate agenda has entered the operating room. From anaesthesia to heart surgery, medical procedures are now being scrutinised based on their climate impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • NYT: \u2018It Isn\u2019t Just the U.S. \u2014 The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics\u2019 \u2013 \u2018The retreat from climate politics has been widespread\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • UK Lord Brooke promotes assisted suicide bill to limit population & climate change: \u2018Just think what the 2025 (population) numbers would be if abortion had not been legalized\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Wattsupwiththat.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Claim: Climate Change is Making Amazon Rainforest Trees Fatter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Germany Sees Bumper 2025 Harvest As Earlier Climate Forecasts Of A \u201cHellish Summer\u201d Fail<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Rigged Report By National Academies Aims To Thwart Trump Energy Agenda<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Originally posted at JunkScience.com, reposted with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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