WRITTEN BY LINNEA LUEKEN ON MAR 4, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
LATimes Goes Anti-Science, Claims Climate Change Making La Niñas Worse
A Google news search today for the phrase “climate change” turned up a Los Angeles Times (LAT) article titled “California drought, Australia floods: Two sides of La Niña amplified by climate change,” claiming current La Niña conditions in the Pacific are stronger than normal because of anthropogenic climate change. [bold, links added]
The LAT presents no evidence this is true, and plenty of data and peer-reviewed research indicates it is false. Data also show, contrary to LAT’s assertion, neither droughts nor floods are worsening in either region.
Writer Paul Duginski claims recent La Niña-caused weather events, like increased flooding in Australia and drought in California, are being made more extreme by global warming.
“All of these are related as a multiyear La Niña event, amplified by the effects of climate change, brings consecutive years of drought to some parts of the world and torrential rain to others,” Duginski said. “These are natural climate variations, but recent droughts, floods, and heatwaves suggest something has changed.”
Duginski’s description of the El Niño and La Niña cycles is the only accurate part of his story.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/latimes-goes-anti-science-claims-climate-change-making-la-ninas-worse/
