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Authentic Time-Lapse Footage of Hurricane Milton from Space?

Maps or images allegedly showing rising sea levels or increasing temps often circulate online. Some are real, others are not.

by Aleksandra Wrona, Oct. 9, 2024


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Images are a powerful way for people to share information about climate change. Maps, memes, and dramatic photographs often quickly spread online, paired with alarming claims about rising sea levels or temperatures..

Some of the images come from legitimate sources and are accurate, while others are misleading due to digital editing or false captions

For examples, we've debunked misleading photos about sea levels at Plymouth Rock, the Massachusetts landmark, as well as at Fort Denison in Sydney Harbor, Australia.

Here are 12 images related to climate change that we've investigated — true, false and everything in between:


By Aleksandra Wrona

Aleksandra Wrona is a reporting fellow for Snopes, based in the Warsaw, Poland, area.

Screenshot of edited image of presenter in front of lava-covered weather map, yellow background

No, German news program didn't broadcast 'fiery' weather map

July 10, 2025

Posts claimed a German news show displayed the map to ring the alarm on climate change.

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Map Shows What US Will Look Like 'If We Don't Reverse Climate Change'?

Aug. 27, 2024

The map, which has circulated online since at least 2014, allegedly shows how the country will l ...

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A user on X posted a photo with a caption reading Roman tidal baths on Malta still at sea level after thousands of years, but climate change is about to kill us all, right.

No, Pic Doesn't Show 'Roman Tidal Baths' in Malta at Same Sea Level as Thousands of Years Ago

July 1, 2024

A user on X potentially misinformed millions of other users with a dubious post about a tourist ...

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Does a Graphic Compare Weather Maps From 2050 and 2019?

July 31, 2019

A hypothetical weather map for the year 2050 bears a few similarities to a map of the June 2019 ...

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Meme text: Unprecedented climate change has caused sea level at Sydney Harbour to rise approximately 0.0 cm over the past 140 years.

These Pics of Sydney Harbour Don't Debunk Sea Level Rise, Climate Change

July 19, 2022

Iterations of this meme have been around since at least 2018.

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No, This Meme Doesn’t ‘Debunk’ Sea Level Rise, Climate Change

No, This Meme Doesn't 'Debunk' Sea Level Rise, Climate Change

July 8, 2022

Complex climatic processes like sea level rise and climate change cannot be generalized to a mea ...

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Real Photo of Cars Piled Up After Floods in Spain?

Oct. 31, 2024

The flash floods resulted in at least 95 deaths in late 2024.

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A meme did not show coal powered electric cars in a parking lot.

Is Coal-Powered Energy Charging These Electric Cars?

Nov. 22, 2021

Another meme bites the dust.

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Droughts in Spain uncovered megalithic monument older than Egypt's pyramids in 2025?

July 18, 2025

Its last two documented appearances were in 2019 and 2022.

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Screenshot of viral artificial tree post. Shows tuning fork shaped structures in the desert. Text says Columbia University developed artificial tree that passively removes CO2 from the atmosphere 1,000 times faster than real trees

Columbia University developed artificial trees designed to clean air? What to know

July 16, 2025

Viral posts claimed scientists developed "artificial trees" to clean the air 1,000 times more ef ...

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No, That Plymouth Rock Meme Does Not Disprove Sea Level Rise

No, That Plymouth Rock Meme Doesn't Disprove Rise in Sea Level

July 8, 2022

Plymouth Rock has a complicated and contentious history in the U.S.

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Authentic Time-Lapse Footage of Hurricane Milton from Space?

Oct. 9, 2024

"Seeing this from space is both surreal and chilling," one social media user said.

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