Climate scientists have volunteered by the dozens to review the accuracy of stories about climate change. Now they're collaborating with computer experts to develop ways to scan the internet for fake and misleading stories about climate. An average of six of them evaluate each viral climate story. Computers could do the work of scanning the internet for stories, identifying which concern climate change, identifying the specific topic of each (glacial ice, greenhouse gases, polar bears, hurricanes, etc. The most viral climate story of 2016, titled "Tens of Thousands Of Scientists Declare Climate Change A Hoax," was published on Sept. 2 under the byline Sean Adl-Tabatabai at yournewswire.com, a site identified by many sources, including CBS News, as a fake news site.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2017 05:02 UTC