Climate Change Myths Part 2: Wildfires, Drought, Rising Sea Level, and Coral Reefs

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Activists say, "Climate change is worsening droughts!”

But:

Globally, drought has not increased since 1900.

And in the U.S., the EPA says the last 50 years were wetter than average.

The activists and the media (is there a difference?) get so much wrong about climate change.

Here is Climate Change Myths Part 2:

Here is a list of the sources used in the video:

Global area in severe meteorological drought has not increased over the last 100 years:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157#fig0009

Drought in the U.S. is not worse today:
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-drought

U.S. Wildfires Have Declined:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520304157#fig0012

100 million people live below sea level:
https://archive.is/t3B2y#selection-913.394-913.545

U.S. Sea Level Rise is currently rising at a pace 1.2 inches per decade since 1993:
https://sealevel.colorado.edu/

Great Barrier Reef coral coverage hit a record high in 2024:https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2023-24

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