Original sentence: The 2011–2017 drought inspired alarm among many, leading to the emergence of conspiracy theories purporting to explain the cause of a complex problem using oversimplified and non-evidence based explanations.This conspiracy theory falls under the larger category of climate change denial and science denial and engages in the typical characteristics of conspiracy theorism and denialism, including the use of false experts , logical fallacies, impossible explanations, cherry picking of facts,  and a and a magnified minority of theory supportersm
Edited sentence: The 2011–2017 drought inspired alarm among many, leading to the emergence of alternative theories, or "conspiracy theories", purporting to explain its cause