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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Climate experts hit back at Australian politician’s bizarre theory about gravity’s role in global heating

Coalition senator Gerard Rennick in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra
Australian senator Gerard Rennick has accused leading scientists of ignoring gravity’s role in heating the planet. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

An Australian senator has attempted to undermine the entire theory of the greenhouse effect with a bizarre viral claim that scientists have been ignoring gravity’s role in heating the planet.

The tweet from the Queensland senator Gerard Rennick, a member of the conservative Liberal National party of Queensland which is part of the main opposition Coalition, has gone viral this week and has been met with scorn, derision and plenty of corrections from high-profile climate scientists.

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