{"id":412485,"date":"2025-11-10T10:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412485"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:11:36","slug":"climate-fact-check-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412485","title":{"rendered":"Climate Fact-Check October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ClimateRealism<\/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 October 2025. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Debunking false claims about disappearing islands, coral reefs, hot cities, monsoons, & hurricanes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: Reuters\u00a0article<\/a>, megadrought\u00a0data<\/a>, Renaissance Drought\u00a0data<\/a>, data from the\u00a01920s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a01940s<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: Phys.org\u00a0post<\/a>, Historical monsoon\u00a0data<\/a>, beneficial monsoon\u00a0claims<\/a>, Gondwana Research\u00a0study<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology<\/em>\u00a0study<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0The Hill<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>, fertilizer runoff<\/a>,\u00a0exposure to ultraviolet radiation<\/a>,\u00a0localized sea level change<\/a>, 2019\u00a0Nature<\/em>\u00a0paper<\/a>, Great Barrier Reef\u00a0coral cover.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0Al Jazeera\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>, Tuvalu land\u00a0area<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: NBC Connecticut\u00a0article<\/a>,\u00a0Climate Shift Index<\/a>,\u00a01935 Labor Day Hurricane<\/a>, Atlantic basin\u00a0data<\/a>, Nature Communications\u00a0data<\/a>,\u00a0IPCC AR6<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links:\u00a0Inside Climate News<\/em>\u00a0article<\/a>, USDA\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0on Wisconsin, USDA\u00a0data<\/a>\u00a0on Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

ClimateRealism.com<\/a>
\u2022 Tell the Truth, The Guardian and NBC, High Weather Disaster Costs Aren\u2019t Due to Climate Change<\/a>
\u2022 Coral Recoveries and Growth Show The Hill Is Misleading About Global Warming Killing Reefs<\/a>
\u2022 False, Yahoo News, Cape Coral Isn\u2019t Sinking<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ClimateDepot.com<\/a>
\u2022 Wash Post frets about \u2018Your diet\u2019s impact on the planet\u2019 \u2013 Demands you watch your \u2018Carbon Hoofprint\u2019 & avoid beef<\/a>
\u2022 The Trump Effect = UN COP FLOP! 100 countries stall on \u2018climate targets\u2019 ahead of COP30 \u2014 As Trump is pushing world leaders to abandon the climate fight<\/a>
\u2022 STOP BREATHING, ASTHMATICS: CNN Rails Against \u2018Climate Pollution from Inhalers\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Substantial contributors to planet-warming pollution\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wattsupwiththat.com<\/a>
\u2022 Bill Gates Walks It Back: Disaster Isn\u2019t Imminent<\/a>
\u2022 Shock New Report Lays Out the Full Scale of Environmental Damage Caused by Onshore Wind Turbines<\/a>
\u2022 Antarctic Amundsen-Scott Station Sees Coldest October in 44 Years\u2026Mainstream Media Silent!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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