By Patrick Daxenbichler / Shutterstock False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. False information about climate change flourished online over the past year, researchers say, with denialist social media posts and conspiracy theories surging after US environmental reforms and Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. “What really surprised us this year was to see a resurgence in language that is reminiscent of the 1980s: phras…