Manon Jacob
@manonjacob.bsky.social
AFP journalist covering climate disinformation 🌊🌎 • Previous bylines with Politico, Reuters, Eater • Imagineering nerd ✨ • She/her • Got a tip for me? DM or firstname(dot)lastname(at)afp.com 📨
🪵As policies have successfully curbed deforestation rates in Brazil, problems are just shifting in the region with a phenomenon on the rise: forest degradation.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🪵As policies have successfully curbed deforestation rates in Brazil, problems are just shifting in the region with a phenomenon on the rise: forest degradation.
🌳Some Brazilian social media accounts claim Lula's administration is hiding deforestation stats by using new terminology. This is inaccurate but it doesn't mean the Amazon is in the clear.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌳Some Brazilian social media accounts claim Lula's administration is hiding deforestation stats by using new terminology. This is inaccurate but it doesn't mean the Amazon is in the clear.
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NEW: US President Donald Trump said he "just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax" following Bill Gates's latest memo on warming and emission reductions.
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
NEW: US President Donald Trump said he "just won the War on the Climate Change Hoax" following Bill Gates's latest memo on warming and emission reductions.
🇧🇷🌳 Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, climate skeptics have been twisting new research on the Amazon forest to downplay the impact of more CO2 in the atmopshere. But scientists, including the study’s authors, say the claims are misconstrued. #COP30
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October 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🇧🇷🌳 Ahead of COP30 in Brazil, climate skeptics have been twisting new research on the Amazon forest to downplay the impact of more CO2 in the atmopshere. But scientists, including the study’s authors, say the claims are misconstrued. #COP30
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🎶Nothin' but blue skies to see here! Conspiracy theorists have found their silver lining amid the government shutdown: no more chemtrails... unless 🤔: tinyurl.com/59z53ex5
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🎶Nothin' but blue skies to see here! Conspiracy theorists have found their silver lining amid the government shutdown: no more chemtrails... unless 🤔: tinyurl.com/59z53ex5
🌊🌀Five houses just fell -- yet again -- into the ocean in the Outer Banks. Here's my latest on what causes such a dramatic trend on North Carolina's coasts. Yes, it's natural erosion -- and climate change is making it worse. u.afp.com/SWCr
October 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🌊🌀Five houses just fell -- yet again -- into the ocean in the Outer Banks. Here's my latest on what causes such a dramatic trend on North Carolina's coasts. Yes, it's natural erosion -- and climate change is making it worse. u.afp.com/SWCr
🌊These oceanfront rentals or secondary residences devoured by the sea are just one striking visual -- and yes, an often viral one -- reflective of a much larger issue. North Carolina's coastal plains are experiencing undeniable pressure from accelerated SLR, local agents tell me.
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🌊These oceanfront rentals or secondary residences devoured by the sea are just one striking visual -- and yes, an often viral one -- reflective of a much larger issue. North Carolina's coastal plains are experiencing undeniable pressure from accelerated SLR, local agents tell me.
🌊Because barrier islands naturally move, some are quick to dismiss any anthropogenic footprint on this trend. But climate change influences what's happening in the Outer Banks, experts say. Yes, shoreline erosion is a natural phenomenon. And climate change is putting pressure on these systems.
September 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🌊Because barrier islands naturally move, some are quick to dismiss any anthropogenic footprint on this trend. But climate change influences what's happening in the Outer Banks, experts say. Yes, shoreline erosion is a natural phenomenon. And climate change is putting pressure on these systems.
🌀⛈️It's hurricane season. In September, another house on Cape Hatteras National Seashore collapsed in to the sea -- the 12th in just five years, sparking discussions online on what causes such a clear trend. u.afp.com/SWEp
September 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
🌀⛈️It's hurricane season. In September, another house on Cape Hatteras National Seashore collapsed in to the sea -- the 12th in just five years, sparking discussions online on what causes such a clear trend. u.afp.com/SWEp
🔬I was contacted by Stanford researcher Solomon Hsiang to cover this major correction of a climate paper published in Nature last year. Here's the story: phys.org/news/2025-08...
August 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🔬I was contacted by Stanford researcher Solomon Hsiang to cover this major correction of a climate paper published in Nature last year. Here's the story: phys.org/news/2025-08...
AFP spoke to five scientists about DoE's new "climate" report that cited their work. Read what they have to say about it: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
August 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
AFP spoke to five scientists about DoE's new "climate" report that cited their work. Read what they have to say about it: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
🔎 But as for animals sensing an impending earthquake days or weeks before it occurs? That's a horse of a totally different color, USGS tells us. Read our fact-check: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
July 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🔎 But as for animals sensing an impending earthquake days or weeks before it occurs? That's a horse of a totally different color, USGS tells us. Read our fact-check: factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
🐾 Images used as evidence to back the Yellowstone exodus claims, show unrelated footage of animals filmed in other regions of the world, old or even AI-generated content, like this video of moutain lions taken in Chile and this fabricated image of bears across a moutain road, AFP found.
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🐾 Images used as evidence to back the Yellowstone exodus claims, show unrelated footage of animals filmed in other regions of the world, old or even AI-generated content, like this video of moutain lions taken in Chile and this fabricated image of bears across a moutain road, AFP found.
🐂 Similarly, claims about a supposed "mass animal exodus" happening at US national park Yellowstone in July, are just as baseless.
July 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🐂 Similarly, claims about a supposed "mass animal exodus" happening at US national park Yellowstone in July, are just as baseless.
🐋 Since yesterday, a clip of beached beluga whales has gone viral on Twitter and other platforms. Some people say the animals predicted the strong quake that shook Russia and caused tsunamis across the Pacific rim, from Japan to Ecuador. But the video is old and unrelated to the quake.
July 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🐋 Since yesterday, a clip of beached beluga whales has gone viral on Twitter and other platforms. Some people say the animals predicted the strong quake that shook Russia and caused tsunamis across the Pacific rim, from Japan to Ecuador. But the video is old and unrelated to the quake.
🌋🌊 While we're on the topic of earthquakes and other natural disasters... Claims of animals "sensing" or "predicting" mass seismic activity have been resurfacing on social media recently and gaining a lot of traction.
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🌋🌊 While we're on the topic of earthquakes and other natural disasters... Claims of animals "sensing" or "predicting" mass seismic activity have been resurfacing on social media recently and gaining a lot of traction.
🏮 Researchers nonetheless raise their concerns over a decline in species diversity, including an extinction risk for Delaware's Bethany Beach firefly, due to climate stressors and the potential destruction of its habitat by the end of the century.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🏮 Researchers nonetheless raise their concerns over a decline in species diversity, including an extinction risk for Delaware's Bethany Beach firefly, due to climate stressors and the potential destruction of its habitat by the end of the century.
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🏮 Crepuscular species of fireflies have also adapted remarkably well to artificial light pollution, scientists told me. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🏮 Crepuscular species of fireflies have also adapted remarkably well to artificial light pollution, scientists told me. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
🏮 With over 2,000 species of fireflies worldwide and present on every continent except for Antarctica, a total extinction over the course of just one generation is basically impossible.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🏮 With over 2,000 species of fireflies worldwide and present on every continent except for Antarctica, a total extinction over the course of just one generation is basically impossible.
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🏮 Viral posts of computer-generated montages of fireflies on Tiktok in July, gathering over 30 million views, make the claim that our generation is the last one to observe the little lantern bug in nature. As always, it's more complicated than that.
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🏮 Viral posts of computer-generated montages of fireflies on Tiktok in July, gathering over 30 million views, make the claim that our generation is the last one to observe the little lantern bug in nature. As always, it's more complicated than that.
⛈️Cloud seeding operations are once again at the center of conspiratorial discourse after the deadly floods in Texas. Thank you @wxmanms1.bsky.social for your valuable insights on the atmospheric conditions that triggered such a dramatic event in Texas Hill Country.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
⛈️Cloud seeding operations are once again at the center of conspiratorial discourse after the deadly floods in Texas. Thank you @wxmanms1.bsky.social for your valuable insights on the atmospheric conditions that triggered such a dramatic event in Texas Hill Country.
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🦀 As the UN ocean conf #UNOC3 is wrapping up, posts online have tried to deny the impact of acidification on marine life. Sadly, there's no "hoax" or "alarmism" here: acidification is happening at an unprecedented pace in geological history.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🦀 As the UN ocean conf #UNOC3 is wrapping up, posts online have tried to deny the impact of acidification on marine life. Sadly, there's no "hoax" or "alarmism" here: acidification is happening at an unprecedented pace in geological history.
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🧊 Following scientific research reporting on Antarctica' brief gain in ice mass, skeptics were quick to say the short-lived rebound proved the continent is unimpacted by climate change. Spoiler alert: that's, sadly, very much not true...
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June 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🧊 Following scientific research reporting on Antarctica' brief gain in ice mass, skeptics were quick to say the short-lived rebound proved the continent is unimpacted by climate change. Spoiler alert: that's, sadly, very much not true...
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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🗳️ Elections in Canada are next week. Its Liberal Party, currently leading in the polls, has considerably changed its tune when it comes to the country's climate goals, offering contradicting messages about oil and gas expansion while targeting decarbonization. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
April 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🗳️ Elections in Canada are next week. Its Liberal Party, currently leading in the polls, has considerably changed its tune when it comes to the country's climate goals, offering contradicting messages about oil and gas expansion while targeting decarbonization. factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
