Warmist Eric Holthaus of Slate Mag.: ‘Climate change is making this blizzard worse’

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Warmist Michael Mann pushing ‘global warming’ blizzard connection – “Take unusually warm Atlantic ocean surface temperatures (temperatures are in the 70s off the coast of Virginia), add a cold Arctic outbreak (something we’ll continue to get even as global warming proceeds), mix them together and you get huge amounts of energy and moisture, and monster snowfalls, like we’re about to see here,” said Michael Mann, a climate researcher who directs Penn State University’s earth systems science center. Mann said the ocean temperature anomalies of 5 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit above average would yield more than a 20% increase of the moisture content of the air overlying that layer of ocean waters. That air, in turn, “is getting entrained into the system to produce the heavy snowfalls,” he said in an email to Mashable. Mann said it isn’t clear how big of a role climate change might be playing, though, compared to other factors.

‘Blizzard for the Ages’ Headed for East Coast – ‘Climate change’ blamed – Slate Mag’s Eric Holthaus: ‘Climate change and El Niño have pushed water temperatures in the Atlantic to near record highs right now, which could offer something similar to the boost a landfalling hurricane sometimes gets when traversing the Gulf Stream—a rapidly strengthening storm, though with snow instead of rain. That means the most remarkable thing about this week’s snowstorm is the sheer amount of water that will be available to be turned into snowflakes.’

Climate change makes for harsher wintersClimate change means less snowClimate change means more snow2015 Links: January 2015: Prof. Roger Pielke Jr. rips blizzard/AGW claims: ‘Actual climatology’ finds ‘Significant trends in [East Coast] storm frequency over the 46-yr period beginning in 1951 are not evident’

Dr. Pielke Jr.: ‘How about 1948-2006? “No significant time-dependent trends were identified for precipitation or snowfall from ECWS’

Pielke offers ‘Pro tip for reporters’ – ‘Use peer reviewed science. Actual studies of East coast winter storms: 

1 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/worldofweather/files/worldofweather/februaryecws.pdf
2 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.2121/full

Repeating News Story: Global Warming To Make Blizzards Worse – Meteorologist R. Ryan Maue is quick to point out that just the opposite is likely the result—that the elevated sea surface temperatures actually act to make such storms tamer. Maue goes on to add that it is “easy to make case that global warming weakened this blizzard significantly due to warmer [sea surface temperatures].”

Snowfall on declining trend in NYC since 1869

Climatologists: ‘Don’t believe the hype’

Bill Nye on MSNBC Hits ‘Unglued’ Viewers Who Object to Blaming Blizzard on Climate Change

WATCH Jan. 2015: BILL NYE ON MSNBC: BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE FOR BLIZZARD – NYE: ‘I just want to introduce the idea that this storm is connected to climate change. I want to introduce that idea. I know there will be certain viewers who will become unglued, they’re throwing things at their television set and so on…The strong winds that we had in southern California, the very strong winds that will be associated with this storm in the next couple of days, these could be connected to climate change’

2015 Blizzard blamed on ‘global warming’ – Bill McKibben: Blizzards are ‘Climate change at work’ – NY Gov.: ‘Part of the changing climate’ – Climate Depot Responds: ‘Blizzard blamed on global warming?! Is there any weather event that is inconsistent with global warming? — This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar. There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any weather event that happens proves’ their case.’