Climate Fact-Check August 2026: Debunking claims of climate links to wildfires, hottest month, water crises & Nepal flooding
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.
Editor’s note: This compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made about climate change by the media in August, 2026.
Debunking claims of climate links to wildfires, hottest month, water crises & Nepal flooding
Links: USGS landslide identification, The New York Times article, NPR article, avalanche, seismic shaking, air temperature penetration of ice, Himalaya temperature record.
Links: Scientific American article, Spokane fires, 2014 Carlton Complex fire, arsonist arrested, fire burn area and temperature research, Eastern Washington temperatures, cheatgrass issue.
Links: Global News article, El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), NOAA prediction, “extremely rapid transition,” El Niño weather impacts.
Links: AP article, urban heat island effect, research on NOAA adjusted data, paper finding declines in “hottest day” values.
Links: Scientific American article, Global Change Biology paper, wildfire burn data for Europe, Europe fire emissions data, forested land burn data.
Links: Nature Communications Earth & Environment study, IPCC’s estimates, Medieval “megadrought.”
Until next month, enjoy these and other great climate fact checks at:
ClimateRealism.com
ClimateDepot.com
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