Adverts for Nike, Superdry and Lacoste have been banned for making misleading claims about their green credentials: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Snowfall❄️ in parts of the UK in the last two days has led some social media users to falsely claim that cold weather disproves climate change. 🧵

US President Donald Trump has wrongly claimed that, despite selling the most wind turbines, China is not using wind power. 🧵

Social media posts criticising California governor Gavin Newsom for linking January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires to climate change have gathered millions of views. 🧵

US conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has wrongly claimed that “the government has finally admitted that chemtrails are real”. 🧵

Baseless claims that Hurricane Melissa was “engineered” as part of supposed “land clearing operations” have been spreading online. 🧵

What caused the LA fires: arson, climate change, or both? 🧵

After the Texas floods, some asked if cloud-seeding caused the floods. “We don’t have physically the ability to exert direct control on the path or intensity of storms in any form anywhere in the world," @weatherwest.bsky.social @ucanr.edu told @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...

Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy? We've been examining a series of claims circulating online: bbc.co.uk/news/article... (With @benchu.bsky.social @jakehorton.bsky.social @kaylaepstein.bsky.social)

For the the past week, hundreds of wildfires have broken out in Turkey, leading to the evacuation of thousands of people. But on social media, posts alleging that the outlawed Kurdish group the PKK is behind them have been getting millions of views. 🧵

Judging by how often US President Donald Trump has repeated the slogan “Drill, baby, drill”, you might be tempted to think he coined the phrase. 🧵

Clips of podcaster Joe Rogan *wrongly* claiming that the planet is going through a “cooling period” have been viewed millions of times on social media.🧵

With less than six months to go before the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil 🇧🇷, social media in the country is awash with content celebrating rural pride - but why?🧵

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed this morning that Parliament legislated for net zero by 2050 “without a single vote” - but was that really the case? 🧵

People are increasingly engaging with news on social media, including extreme weather events. How can they sort valuable from misleading narratives? @marinaadami.bsky.social spoke to @meghier.bsky.social @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social and Lanre Olagunju

How did a social media post about a strange-looking ship 🚢trigger an explosion of conspiracy theories? I have been investigating how false claims about last year's flash floods in Valencia spread online 👇 Watch here: youtu.be/Xa-a4udzZ4g?...

Some UK social media users have been pouring milk down their sinks in protest at the trial of a feed additive called Bovaer. Here's what we know about it and why it sparked controversy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social @nickeardleybbc.bsky.social and Matt Murphy

Why has an additive called Bovaer sparked controversy online? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... (with @nickeardleybbc.bsky.social @olgar.bsky.social and Matt Murphy)