No the northern hemisphere is not cooling. All of the world is warming – and there are higher temperatures in the north

<p>On this episode of *“What's Crap on WhatsApp?”* we look at four claims doing the rounds:</p><p>Is the northern hemisphere cooling? No, all of the world is warming – and there are higher temperatures in the north.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/northern_cooling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/northern_cooling</a></p><p>No, more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere won’t increase food production and reducing it won’t lead to a ‘dead planet’.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/carbon_atmosphere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/carbon_atmosphere</a></p><p>Claims that you should switch off devices to stop body damage due to cosmic rays are still false!&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/rays_cosmic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/rays_cosmic</a></p><p>Has South Africa introduced a new basic income grant of R999? Nope, it’s a proposal made by an opposition party.&nbsp;<a href="https://bit.ly/income_grant" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/income_grant</a></p><p>Your friends and family can sign up for our show! Tell them to save our number (<a href="tel:0827093527" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">082 709 3527</a>) and send us a WhatsApp message to confirm. You can send us any WhatsApp message that you need fact-checked! Forward videos, pictures and links to this number.</p>