Jul 12, 2026, 11:44 AMSomething to bookmark. For when that toxic neighbor is spitting bullshit again.
The Guardian: *The 13 biggest myths about heatwaves – and how to bust them*
"With some still unable to accept humanity’s role in climate chaos, we tackle common misconceptions and deceptions"
Some people – and media organisations – still have difficulty connecting the heatwaves currently gripping much of the world and human-caused climate chaos. Others are in outright denial. So how to address their evasions, distractions and lies?
The Guardian has trawled through climate sceptics’ claims and put their doubts to one of the UK’s top climate scientists, Prof Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading.
As the inventor of the famous “climate stripes” graphic, which visually represents the change in temperature as measured in each country, region or city over at least a century, he has arguably done as good a job in communicating global heating as anyone. Here are his responses to those who ignore or downplay the truth. …"
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