When Scientists Promote Climate-Fueled Extreme Weather Nonsense—Part 4
by Roger Pielke Jr. 6 hours ago in Extreme Weather, Media, News and Opinion Reading Time: 7 mins read
You can find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. Each can be read independently, but I encourage you to start from the beginning as each installment draws on the ones before.
Everyone knows that in recent years climate change has fueled floods, storms, and drought, making them much more common and intense. [emphasis, links added]
For instance, a 2023 Pew Research poll found that 84% of Americans believed that climate change had contributed to worsening floods, storms, or drought in their local communities.
The widespread public belief in climate change as a cause of the weather events that we experience and see on social media is nowadays conventional wisdom. It is a fact so obvious that it barely needs to be supported at all.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/when-scientists-promote-climate-fueled-extreme-weather-nonsense-part-4/
