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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it

Lake Titicaca shrinking amid extreme drought in Bolivia in 2023.
Scientists have changed their worst-case future scenario for carbon emission effects. Pictured is Lake Titicaca shrinking amid extreme drought in Bolivia in 2023. Photograph: Claudia Morales/Reuters

In a world where people accept global heating is bad, news that we had avoided a boiling-in-our-own-juices version of the planet’s future might have been welcomed.

Instead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – according to Donald Trump – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG.

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