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Linking Drought and Climate Change: Difficult To Do

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 15, 2014 @08:49AM from the connecting-the-dots dept.

Geoffrey.landis writes An article about the current California drought on 538 points out that even though global climate warming may exacerbate droughts, it's nearly impossible to attribute any particular drought to climate warming: "The complex, dynamic nature of our atmosphere and oceans makes it extremely difficult to link any particular weather event to climate change. That's because of the intermingling of natural variations with human-caused ones." They also cite a Nature editorial pointing out the same thing about extreme weather.

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This thread will not result in a flame war by rogoshen1 · 2014-12-15 08:54 · Score: 3, Funny

bizarro slashdot
Nope, no sir. Headlines like this are in no way shape or form fodder for the 'deniers'; which then causes the 'believers' to come out in droves. This thread will absolutely be filled to the brim with insightful, informed conversation.
/bizarro slashdot
Never stopped my old roomate by NotDrWho · 2014-12-15 09:00 · Score: 3, Funny

Hot outside: That's global warming, man!
Cold outside: That's global warming, man!
Storming outside: That's global warming, man!
Mild outside: That's global warming, man!
Forrest Fire: That's global warming, man!
Flood: That's global warming, man!
Raining frogs and locusts: That's global warming, man!
He was quite the stoner scientist, that one.

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SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
Re:Why is this hard? by sexconker · 2014-12-15 09:01 · Score: 3, Funny

DENIER! DENIER!
The science is settled!
That weather is not climate!
This weather is climate!
GET EDUCATED!!!!