Climate change causes hybrid Grolar bears? ABC cites facebook pic, no data, scientists guess
An eminent climate scientist explains what caused the record rains in Texas
“With the lack of a positive trend in monthly springtime precipitation, there is no direct observational evidence that the record-setting May 2015 statewide rainfall total in Texas had an anthropogenic component.” From the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center. The mainstream news media have become more cautious in their coverage of extreme weather, unlike their previous uncritical reporting […]
Analysis: More nonsense from AP’s Seth Borenstein on floods allegedly worsened by ‘global warming’
http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/sns-bc-us–houston-politics-of-flooding-20160518-story.html More nonsense from Seth Borenstein: With clay soil and tabletop-flat terrain, Houston has endured flooding for generations. Its 1,700 miles of man-made channels struggle to dispatch storm runoff to the Gulf of Mexico. Now the nation’s fourth-largest city is being overwhelmed with more frequent and more destructive floods. The latest calamity occurred […]