The Media’s Relentless Climate-Fueled Extreme-Weather Nonsense—Part 2
by Roger Pielke Jr. 1 hour ago
This is Part 2 in the series — Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather. You can find Part 1 here, which introduces some concepts and ideas that will be important throughout the series.
In May, I testified before the Senate Budget Committee and summarized what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said about trends in drought.
My testimony included the figure below showing a decrease in the areal extent of extreme drought conditions in the United States.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor
I also included another figure that showed an increase in extreme drought conditions across the United States.
Source: U.S. Drought Monitor
Completing the set, I also included the figure below, showing no trend in U.S. extreme drought conditions.
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