Facebook's Climate Science Information Center, currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany, will expand to more than a dozen additional nations and include a new feature targeting "climate myths," the social media giant said on Thursday
WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 18th February, 2021) Facebook's Climate Science Information Center, currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, France and Germany, will expand to more than a dozen additional nations and include a new feature targeting "climate myths," the social media giant said on Thursday.
"From today our center will also be available in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa and Taiwan," Facebook said in a press release.
Facebook also added a section that "features facts that debunk common climate myths.
Examples of climate myths cited by Facebook, albeit without elaboration, include claims that too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere harms Earth's plant life and polar bear populations are declining because of global warming, Facebook said without elaborating.
The expanded climate feature will host "climate communication experts" at George Mason University, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the University of Cambridge, Facebook said.
In countries where the climate center is not available, Facebook said it will direct users to the United Nations Environment Program.
