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Coral coverage on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) set the record for the highest amount measured in 36 years of consistent record keeping by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in 2022, breaking the record set the previous year.

The biggest mortality issue facing beekeepers is Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), which is unrelated to climate change.

Most islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean, including Tuvalu, are growing, not shrinking.  

The number of malaria deaths occurring globally has declined in recent decades, not increased, despite modest global warming.

Polar bear populations have increased dramatically during recent decades, despite the modest global warming that has occurred over the same period.

Compared to the first half of the twentieth century, the number of wildfires occurring in the United States over the past decade is lower, and the fires have been less severe.

The health of ocean life is improved, not harmed, by more carbon dioxide (CO2). CO2 is food for phytoplankton that form the foundation of the marine food chain. Marine life thrives and improves growth rates in elevated CO2 conditions.

Despite crashing economies and large cutbacks in travel, industry, and energy generation, climate scientists have yet to find a substantial decline in atmospheric CO2 levels.