Social media posts cherry-pick data to falsely claim that climate change isn't real. NASA described short-term cooling cycles as 'statistical noise compared to the long-term trend' that shows the Earth is warming.
"Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon that can be tracked throughout prehistoric eras."Diamond told PolitiFact that the data cited in the social media posts was cherry-picked — in this case, eight years out of more than 140 — and ignores long-term data that shows global average temperatures increasing.
"For someone to state that the planet has been cooling for the last eight years, or even the last 80 years, simply defies the scientific data and is made up in someone’s mind," Diamond said.
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