Conspiracy theories tend to thrive in the wake of natural disasters like the Texas floods. Here's what to look out for.

The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are coordinating misinformation campaigns to obstruct efforts to tackle the ...

Through so-called natural language processing, AI can identify misinformation, track its spread and monitor the digital ...

False or misleading claims, with a major focus on the city’s water supply, emerged amid general criticism about water management in California sparked by the fierce Los Angeles fires.

A small contingent of lawmakers are blaming silver iodide for extreme weather events, including the disastrous flooding in Texas, but at least they're getting closer to the truth.

False claims can go viral rapidly in the wake of a natural disaster — especially when they're about climate change, and posted on social media.

Federal forecasters have been forced to deny they control the weather after Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and others spread misinformation online. The conspiracy spread by Greene ...

Beyond CBS News Confirmed's tips to spot weather misinformation online, the nonprofit think tank RAND has developed a 17-point checklist with more information on how to avoid spreading false ...

Helene, Milton and other storms this year offer proof that humans are making hurricanes worse, but not through the means spread by conspiracy theories.

Amid multiple disasters, FEMA faces funding challenges, misinformation, and politicization Congress gave the agency enough money to last the year. But back-to-back hurricanes are stretching ...