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It’s a fact of contemporary life: social media is the most popular way for people of all ages to get their information. Heaven forbid the internet goes out! We’d miss out on checking our favorite stories on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, or X. Quick access, however, masks unverified information. Nowhere is that dilemma more evident than with climate disinformation.
Stabilizing rising global surface temperatures is essential for the long-term healith of the planet. Climate change is an existential crisis that affects everyday life, how businesses operate, and the ways that countries acquire materials and regulate systems. Yet climate entrepreneurs, quick dissemination, and peer-to-peer sharing on social media affect the ability of climate advisory networks to work effectively and to counter disinformation. Rumors, innuendos, myths, accusations, and conspiracies about climate range widely without scientific backing.
Lies about climate and renewable energy permeate the internet. Such “climate disinformation” is the false or misleading content that undermines the impacts of climate change or the viability of environmental policies. The fact that our planet is warming has been proven in hundreds of different ways. Burning oil and gas — which are the deposits of ancient plants and animals — heats the planet and is destroying the unity of the Earth’s biosphere.
