Summary of Patrick Moore's Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom

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#1 The fact that a headline states that Africa’s oldest baobab trees are dying at an unprecedented rate is enough to suspect fakery. The word may appears in the subhead, which implies conjecture rather than a statement of fact.

#2 The claim that the baobab tree is dying because of climate change is false. There is no evidence that links climate change to dead baobabs, and the oldest trees in their population are dying too.

#3 The claim that there are only 10,000 baobab trees and that they are dying at an unprecedented rate is fake. It is clear that the story is fake, but even a Fox affiliate ran with it.

#4 Climate change is killing the world’s oldest and largest baobab trees in Africa.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350012873

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Insights on Patrick Moore's Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The fact that a headline states that Africa’s oldest baobab trees are dying at an unprecedented rate is enough to suspect fakery. The word may appears in the subhead, which implies conjecture rather than a statement of fact.

#2

The claim that the baobab tree is dying because of climate change is false. There is no evidence that links climate change to dead baobabs, and the oldest trees in their population are dying too.

#3

The claim that there are only 10,000 baobab trees and that they are dying at an unprecedented rate is fake. It is clear that the story is fake, but even a Fox affiliate ran with it.

#4

Climate change is killing the world’s oldest and largest baobab trees in Africa.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In 2016, there were headlines around the world claiming that 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef was dead, dying, bleached, or about to die. But the careful reader would find that there is no record of the number 93 percent other than in headlines.

#2

The GBR has been divided into three sections: northern, central, and southern. There are 911 individual reefs among them. Only two categories of data are provided for bleaching: severely bleached and not bleached.

#3

The Great Barrier Reef is dying, and in April of 2017, it was declared terminal, which does not mean dead. But it does indicate that death is just around the corner.

#4

The Great Barrier Reef was hit hard by the 2016 bleaching event, but some surprising headlines appeared 18 months later