Propaganda trumps journalism in conservative media climate reporting | Dana Nuccitelli

A study's results are badly mischaracterized by The Register, Express, and Breitbart to push a political agenda of climate denial

Isoprene: it's a gas that helps aerosols form in the atmosphere. It's relevant to climate change because aerosols help clouds form, which can have cooling (by reflecting sunlight) or warming (by trapping heat) effects, depending on the type of cloud. Aerosols also cause cooling by directly scattering sunlight.

Past field measurements indicated that the oceans were releasing less isoprene than climate model simulations suggested they should. A new study found that previously unidentified reactions in the sea surface microlayer might represent a significant source of isoprene that could reconcile the discrepancy between measurements and models. In fact, climate models may even be underestimating the amount of isoprene released from the oceans.