New Scientist: ‘Global warming not to blame for 2011 droughts’ — ‘There’s no evidence that it is to blame’
Martin Hoerling of NOAA: 'A lot of these extreme conditions are natural variations of the climate. Extremes happen, heat waves happen, heavy rains happen' -- 'Drought across the southern US -and heavy rains across the north of the country -are a result of La Niña, says Michael Hayes, director of the National Drought Mitigation Center'