President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
The last four could well be. Whether President Obama is more frequent and intense is between him and his wife.President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
While details depend on many factors from geography, geology and such to methods and analysis, the science behind global warming evidence (anthropogenic aside) and the likely impacts is solid.
One especially important factor to include is the El Nino cycle, as it is capable of disrupting (or enhancing) an overarching pattern.
then why haven't there been been more floods, droughts, hurricanes, and wildfires?
All because of the El nino?
There have been, depending on ones parameters, time frame, methods, analysis, presentation and such.
It's false.And it's scientifically ignorant, because he's talking about the US ,which occupies a small part of the global land mass. But even there, he's wrong.
Heat waves were way worse in the 30's.
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/images/indicator_downloads/heat-waves-download1.png
Floods aren't increasing.
Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Are US Floods Increasing? The Answer is Still No.
Droughts aren't more frequent or intense.
Study: Drought Trends, Estimates Possibly Overstated Due To Inaccurate Science « CBS DC
Wildfires aren't more frequent or intense.
THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: New paper finds wildfires in the western US are at the lowest levels in 3,000 years
Are you the one who's playing cutesy little word games?
Are you denying that the Earth is indeed getting warmer overall?
In 2012, the contiguous United States (CONUS) average annual temperature of 55.3°F was 3.2°F above the 20th century average, and was the warmest year in the 1895-2012 period of record for the nation. The 2012 annual temperature was 1.0°F warmer than the previous record warm year of 1998. Since 1895, the CONUS has observed a long-term temperature increase of about 0.13°F per decade. Precipitation averaged across the CONUS in 2012 was 26.57 inches, which is 2.57 inches below the 20th century average.
Precipitation totals in 2012 ranked as the 15th driest year on record. Over the 118-year period of record, precipitation across the CONUS has increased at a rate of about 0.16 inch per decade.
Much of the CONUS was drier than average for the year. Below-average precipitation totals stretched from the Intermountain West, through the Great Plains, into the Midwest and Southeast. Nebraska and Wyoming were both record dry in 2012. Nebraska's annual precipitation total of 13.04 inches was 9.78 inches below average, and Wyoming's annual precipitation total of 8.08 inches was 5.09 inches below average. New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Georgia, and Delaware had a top ten dry year.
I can guarantee you without a doubt that over the last 5-10 years, the winters in Delaware have been far warmer than they were in the 60's, 70's and 80's.
I'm fairly sure I'm not alone in that.
There are plenty of place in the US that have been under drought conditions for the first time in decades as well.
with?
I So what, are you gonna nit-pick about the exact meaning of every single word the man uses?
Do you do that with every single president, or just the one's you don't agree with?
I can guarantee you without a doubt that over the last 5-10 years, the winters in Delaware have been far warmer than they were in the 60's, 70's and 80's.
I'm fairly sure I'm not alone in that.
There are plenty of place in the US that have been under drought conditions for the first time in decades as well.