Friday, May 12, 2017

Fake news about droughts and CO2

My students always think "global warming" will cause "more droughts" because this is what they have been taught and what they see in the media.

It's a false narrative, of course.

Tony Heller gives a good example here: https://realclimatescience.com/2017/05/us-drought-at-historic-low-levels/

US Drought At Historic Low Levels

Thirty years ago, James Hanse told Congress that global warming was going to make droughts worse.
Ten years ago, the IPCC confirmed this.
Joe Romm announced the Southwest Permanent Drought In 2011.
US drought conditions are currently near a record low, with less than 5% of the country affected by drought. CO2 is above 400 PPM.
But in 1934, with CO2 less than 310 PPM, three fourths of the US was experiencing drought,
Climate scientists declare great certainty in their models and forecasts, even though the are wrong nearly 100% of the time.

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