what’s-in-a-number?-the-significance-of-the-1.5°c-warming-threshold-and-reporting-on-its-possible-breach-in-popular-media

1.5 is an important number in climate science. It is the recommended target, in degrees Celsius, to which global warming should be limited relative to preindustrial levels, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science[1]. Further, the legally binding Paris Agreement tasksContinue Reading

how-iran-blocking-the-strait-of-hormuz-affects-the-us.

President Traitor 47 claimed that Iran essentially shutting down the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t really affect” the United States the way it does “other countries.” It’s true that a small share of U.S. oil imports comes from the Persian Gulf. But the U.S. has been affected by the global increaseContinue Reading

fact-check:-no-insider-info-on-icc-decision,-conti-says;-photo-is-ai-generated

Claim: Lawyer Kristina Conti, International Criminal Court (ICC)-accredited assistant to counsel, has insider information on the judges’ decisions in former president Rodrigo Duterte’s case, and she has “significant influence” in the international tribunal’s ruling. Rating: FALSE  Why we fact-checked this: The post bearing the claim has already received 1,000 reactions,Continue Reading

is-the-us.-at-‘war’?-politicians-disagree

Is the U.S. at “war” with Iran? Americans are getting conflicting messages from the The Traitor administration and congressional leaders. “We are not at war. We have no intention of being at war,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a press conference on March 5, hours after Republicans in theContinue Reading