Global warming out, extreme weather in...

[billc]

Hmmmm...Global warming hysteria was so 2010's, now let's move onto "extreme weather," hysteria...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/marc-morano/2012/12/12/global-warming-now-officially-down-memory-hole

The man-made global warming movement has officially shifted from runaway global warming fears over to extreme weather fears. This strategic shift has been in the works for years as global average temperatures have stalled by up to 16 years. First there was a transition from “global warming” to “climate change” and now to “global climate disruption.” Some have suggested “global weirding” others have suggested a “new normal.”
At the opening of the 18 annual United Nations climate summit being held in Doha, Qatar, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres, urged governments around the world to “do something about” extreme weather. “We have had severe climate and weather events all over the world and everyone is beginning to understand that is exactly the future we are going to be looking about if they don't do something about it,” Figures explained at the opening of the annual UN climate summit.

But the latest peer-reviewed studies, data and analyses undermine claims that the weather is more “extreme” or “unprecedented.” On every key measure, claims of extreme weather in our current climate fail to hold up to scrutiny.

Deaths due to extreme weather are radically declining, global tropical cyclone activity is near historic lows, the frequency of major U.S. hurricanes has declined, tornadoes have dramatically declined since the 1950s, droughts are not historically unusual nor caused by mankind, there is no evidence we are currently having unusual weather.

• Tornadoes: Climatologist: 'There has been a downward trend in strong (F3) to violent (F5) tornadoes in U.S. since 1950s' -- 'Warming causes fewer strong tornadoes, not more'
• Drought: Study: Drought Trends, Estimates Possibly Overstated Due To Inaccurate Science – Journal Nature study 'suggests that there has been little change in drought over the past 60 years'
• Floods: Prof. Pielke Jr. : 'Are US Floods Increasing? The Answer is Still No' -- 'A new paper out today shows flooding has not increased in U.S. over records of 85 to 127 years' –
• Extremes: Climatologist Dr. John Christy in testimony to Congress: 'Extreme events, like the recent U.S. drought, will continue to occur, with or without human causation' -- 'These recent U.S. 'extremes' were exceeded in previous decades' -- 'The expression of 'worse than we thought' climate change as documented in [James] Hansen's OpEd does not stand up to scrutiny'
• Hurricanes: Prof. Roger Pielke Jr.: 'Remarkably, the U.S. is currently experiencing the longest-ever recorded period with no strikes of a Category 3 or stronger hurricane'

Professor of Environmental Studies Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. of the University of Colorado, summed up the latest science on weather extremes. : “There is no evidence that disasters are getting worse because of climate change,” he wrote. “There's really no evidence that we're in the midst of an extreme weather era - whether man has influenced climate or not,” Pielke added.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/marc-m...now-officially-down-memory-hole#ixzz2EslOONdK

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/marc-m...now-officially-down-memory-hole#ixzz2EslBUOO9

 

[WC_lun]

ummm same thing.

 

[arnisador]

Climate change is what we're seeing.