Scientific journal retracts article that claimed no evidence of climate crisis

Springer Nature has retracted an article published in the European Physical Journal Plus that claimed there was no evidence of a climate crisis and no trend in rainfall extremes, floods, droughts and food productivity. Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA

One of the world’s biggest scientific publishers has retracted a journal article that claimed to have found no evidence of a climate crisis.

Springer Nature said it had retracted the article, by four Italian physicists, after an internal investigation found the conclusions were “not supported by available evidence or data provided by the authors”.