Forbes Admits ‘Killer Weather’ Not Worsening But Botches Other Climate Claims
by Linnea Lueken Oct 17, 2024 in Bipolar, Extreme Weather, Media, News and Opinion, Science Reading Time:
A recent article at Forbes, “Four Kinds Of Killer Weather Extremes: An Achilles Heel Problem For Climate Predictors,” is a mixed bag of correct and incorrect claims about climate change and the issue of warming impacts. [emphasis, links added]
Forbes is right that available data doesn’t show extreme weather is getting worse, but incorrect on a number of other assertions, like that coral reefs are in danger.
To start, writer Ian Palmer describes the so-called Exxon Knew scandal, citing some of the predictions that models built by ExxonMobil back in the 1980s spat out concerning carbon dioxide emissions and global warming.
This narrative about the fuel giant ignores the fact that other studies were being done internally that showed differently, arguing the opposite.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/forbes-admits-killer-weather-not-worsening-but-botches-other-climate-claims/
