{"id":462080,"date":"2026-08-11T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=462080"},"modified":"2026-08-11T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:40:01","slug":"climate-fact-check-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=462080","title":{"rendered":"Climate Fact-Check July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From 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 compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made<\/em> about climate change by the media in July, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Climate change\u2019 is NOT causing droughts, heatwaves, shrinking squid brains, wildfires, snow droughts & more tornadoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Links: PBS News report<\/a>, NOAA NCEI data<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: National Academies report<\/a>, 2004 University of Arkansas study<\/a>, Journal of Paleolimnology<\/em> 2012 paper<\/a>, NCEI data on drought frequency<\/a> and severity<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: New York Times<\/em> story<\/a>, World Weather Attribution claim<\/a>, warm bias documentation<\/a>, urban temperature station issue<\/a>, NOAA station data<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: TIME<\/em> article<\/a>, Nature Communications Biology<\/em> study<\/a>, natural conditions<\/a>, resilience<\/a> of squid populations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: CBC News article<\/a>, natural wildfires<\/a>, May 1780 fires<\/a>, Great Miramichi Fire<\/a>, long term heat and drought record<\/a>, burn rate research<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: The Denver Post<\/em> article<\/a>, Proceedings of the National Academy of<\/em>
Sciences<\/em> study<\/a>, NOAA GHCNd station data<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: Fox Valley WI tornado<\/a>, Wisconsin Examiner<\/em> story<\/a>, WI tornado count<\/a>, Doppler radar<\/a>, declining tornadoes<\/a>, Green Bay sounding<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Links: The New York Times<\/em> article<\/a>, actual<\/a> temperature in Paris, Paris UHI<\/a>, sunshine duration<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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

ClimateRealism.com<\/a><\/strong>
\u2022 False, Phys.org, West Africa\u2019s Heavy Rains Aren\u2019t Unusual or Due to Climate Change<\/a>
\u2022 NPR\u2019s Claim That Climate Change Is Destroying Children\u2019s Summer Fun Is Ridiculous<\/a>
\u2022 Parmesan Cheese Is Not Endangered by Climate Change, Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ClimateDepot.com<\/strong><\/a>
\u2022 \u2018Climate Change is Costing People Sleep\u2019! \u2013 \u2018Avg person lost nearly 56 hours of sleep per year\u2019 due to \u2018hotter nighttime temps\u2019 \u2013 Via Climate Central activists<\/a>
\u2022 Celebrate! \u201945 Climate Policy Reversals in One Year\u2019 \u2013 Climate activists\u2019 lament: \u2018I do not think I have ever felt this upset\u2019 \u2013 \u2018It is worse than it feels\u2019 \u2013 \u2018It scares me\u2019<\/a>
\u2022 The Editor of UK Telegraph gives up! \u2018We\u2019ve lost the war against climate change. Time to scrap net zero\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wattsupwiththat.com<\/strong><\/a>
\u2022 Greenland\u2019s Ice Sheet Was Supposed to Be Rapidly Melting Away. It Hasn\u2019t Been.<\/a>
\u2022 Blame Canada\u2019s Terrible Regulations For Wildfires Ruining America\u2019s Summer<\/a>
\u2022 The Great \u201cHot Drought\u201d Humbug: Why Lake Powell Is Really Drying Up<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the original PDF, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: This compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made about climate change by the media in July, 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2018Climate change\u2019 is NOT causing droughts, heatwaves, shrinking squid brains, wildfires, snow droughts & more tornadoes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":462083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691844624,691844626,691818056,691824210,691819069,691844623,691837597,691844628,691844627,691818311,691830065],"class_list":["post-462080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-4th-of-july-heatwave","tag-canadas-wildfire","tag-climate-change","tag-colorado","tag-droughts","tag-georgias-drought","tag-national-academies","tag-smaller-brains","tag-snow-droughts","tag-tornadoes","tag-wisconsin","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1WcU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":470385,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=470385","url_meta":{"origin":462080,"position":0},"title":"Climate Fact-Check August 2026","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/12\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Editor\u2019s note: This compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made about climate change by the media in August, 2026. 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