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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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

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Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned over green claims

The advertising watchdog said the retailers misled shoppers with their 'sustainability' claims.

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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. 🧵

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

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

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

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

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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

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Pam Kan-Rice @ucanrpam.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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...

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BBC Audio | The Documentary Podcast | Floods hit Texas, then came the cloud talk

Did cloud seeding trigger the Texas floods? No, but that didn’t stop the online rumours

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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. 🧵

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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.🧵

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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?🧵

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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? 🧵

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Marco Silva @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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?...

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HAARP and Spain's Valencia floods: debunking the myths - BBC Trending, BBC World Service

YouTube video by BBC World Service

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Olga Robinson @olgar.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

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

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Why has new additive Bovaer prompted people to throw Arla milk away?

The new additive aims to cut down on methane emissions from cows, but some have raised safety concerns.

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