FALSE: These stories about climate change in Africa do not contradict each otherBoth events are well documented and happened in different parts of the continent. PesaCheck · Follow Published in PesaCheck · · 22 hours ago 4 min read22 hours ago -- Listen ShareA claim that two stories about climate change in Africa contradict each other is FALSE. A tweet cast doubt about climate change because of two stories about climate disasters in Africa, saying “both claims do not appear simultaneously possible” and calling it fake news. The flooding in West Africa is well documented (here, here, here), and many agree that it was exacerbated by climate change (here, here, here). PesaCheck has examined a claim that two African climate change stories cannot be simultaneously true and finds it to be FALSE.

Source: Standard Digital May 26, 2023 15:07 UTC