Prof. Pielke Jr.: ‘US floods have not increased over a century or longer (same globally). — US hurricane landfall frequency or intensity have not increased (in US for over a century or longer)’
'US intense hurricane landfalls are currently in longest drought (7 years+) ever documented -- US tornadoes, especially strongest ones, have not increased since at least 1950. -- US drought has decreased since middle of the past century. -- US East Cost Winter Storms show no trends -- Disaster losses normalized for societal changes show no residual trends (US, other regions or globally). -- Trends in costs of disasters are not a proxy for trends in climate phenomena'
The science on climate change, extreme events and disaster costs is clear and unambiguous. You don’t need to take my word for it, you can find the science well summarized in the IPCC SREX. And if you don’t like the IPCC you can find an array of peer-reviewed literature. I am happy to debate this topic with all comers as the data and analyses overwhelming support the claims below.
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Any presentation of the state of the science of extreme events and climate change that does not explicitly acknowledge the important conclusions above from the IPCC and other assessments is incomplete and potentially misleading.
