Topic summary
24%18 analyzed articles/videos9,891 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Climate Change Impacts results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Indoctrination, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.1% saturation with 4,249 hits. Analysis detected 40,055 faulty-reasoning hits from 52,763 analyzed words across 18 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of 7% (14,439 of 15,447 topics). This Climate Change Impacts is better (less manipulative) than 93.50% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.5% percentile
1.5% BS Score18 analyzed articles52.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.5%4.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.1%3.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

Endangered right whales could wait almost a decade for new US protections73%
AP News51%By Patrick Whittle38%7/22/2026, 5:11:57 PM
'It's a really poor quality of life': Once a 'miracle in the desert,' California's Salton Sea now spreads toxic dust on vulnerable communities2%
Live Science7%By Sascha Pare6%7/22/2026, 9:14:58 AM
Congress Should Reject Bill That Would Block a Federal Workplace Heat Standard86%
Common Dreams95%By Newswire editor95%7/21/2026, 10:08:59 PM
Court Decision to Allow Nuclear Regulator to Ignore Climate Impacts on Future Reactor Operations Does Not Serve Public Safety91%
Common Dreams95%By Newswire Editor95%7/21/2026, 10:07:05 PM
'A five-alarm fire': Western reservoirs that supply California fall to record low levels55%
Los Angeles Times79%By Ian James53%7/21/2026, 7:37:03 PM
The rare ‘great conservation success story’ is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird20%
Fortune52%By Michael Casey12% The Associated Press65%7/21/2026, 12:33:54 PM
Minnesota summers are too short for bad air quality83%
MinnPost27%By Alex Keilty97% Eben Kowler97%7/20/2026, 4:41:57 PM
Flooding is becoming more frequent. Here’s how New Yorkers should prepare.36%
Gothamist76%By Iru Ekpunobi0% Janae Pierre0%7/19/2026, 12:00:00 PM
Florida Farmworkers Exposed to Scorching Heat and Pesticides53%
Truthout75%By Amy Green32%7/18/2026, 7:06:58 PM
Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA doesn’t have a plan.59%
CT Mirror17%By Tik Root41% Grist88%7/17/2026, 5:54:02 PM