Posts Tagged weather

It's Hotter Than It Used to Be; It's Not as Hot as It's Going to Be

“Holy crap it’s hot. People, animals, and crops are dying.

But not only is it hot, it’s hotter than it used to be. And it’s our fault. Welcome to the future of climate change.

Let’s keep this simple: we know the Earth is warming up — the data are unambiguous.* We know that humans are largely responsible — the scientific community has been clear. And we know that the massive efforts to deny these two facts have confused policy makers, the public, and the media and have seriously delayed taking any sort of effective policy action to slow climate changes.

What this delay means, however, is rarely discussed, but in the most straightforward terms:
It’s going to get even hotter. A lot hotter.”

It’s Hotter Than It Used to Be; It’s Not as Hot as It’s Going to Be via Peter H. Gleick – Huffington Post

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14 US States Currently Wracked by Crippling Droughts

“Fourteen U.S. states, from North Carolina to Arizona to Texas — where conditions are crushing records set in 1917 — are currently in the midst of devastating droughts. Many are seeking emergency disaster aid; most notably so is Governor Rick Perry of Texas, famous for his vociferous climate change denial. The New York Times covers the storyin sordid detail, documenting the economic destruction, the scorching heat, the excruciating dryness. But they leave out one little thing. Guess what that could be?

Any mention of climate change. They come dangerously close to making the connection, interviewing a climatologist or two — but they end up pinning the blame on La Nina. But if I seem to recall correctly, there have been a La Nina or two since 1917 that didn’t smash drought records in Texas …”

14 US States Currently Wracked by Crippling Droughts via Brian Merchant – Treehugger

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