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Fact Check: The Impact of Fossil Fuels on Climate-Related Deaths

Vivek Ramaswamy, a U.S. presidential candidate for the Republican Party, tweeted that climate disaster death rates have declined by 98% over the last century, but his claim that the average person is 50 times less likely to die of a climate-related cause than in 1920 is mathematically incorrect, as it's approximately 32 times less likely; furthermore, fossil fuel-related deaths have been higher than previously thought, accounting for 18% of global deaths in 2018, though fossil fuel consumption does help grow the economy.

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Fact Check: The Disappearing Glaciers and the Reality of Climate Change

Scientists predicted the glaciers would disappear by 2020 with older models dating back to 2003, but newer models published in 2016 indicate the glaciers will still disappear. This claim is almost false - while the scientists were technically wrong about the initial prediction, the glaciers are still melting at an alarming rate because of climate change.

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