How can we explain to simplistic climate deniers, that yes, these awful winter storms are
likely signs of climate change?
How can we explain to simplistic climate deniers, that yes, these awful winter storms are
likely signs of climate change?
Not exact matches
The indications
of climate change are all around us today but now researchers have revealed for the first time when and where the first clear
signs of global warming appeared in the temperature record and where those signals are
likely to be clearly seen in extreme rainfall events in the near future.
I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to
climate change, but coming on the heals
of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's
likely at least a
sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative Extension reports that apple growers in northern Alabama «have basically lost the 2010 crop.»
I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to
climate change, but coming on the heals
of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's
likely at least a
sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative
But lots
of signs are pointing to the current extraordinary dry spell,
likely exacerbated by heat from human - driven
climate change, taking California into conditions unexperienced since long before the state's water - dependent economy exploded during Gov. Jerry Brown's father's terms in office (please read Justin Wm. Moyer's great story on that era in the Washington Post).
Given the rapid climatic
changes affecting the region, the identification
of taxa and geographic areas in the Southern Ocean that are
likely to be the most affected by
climate and oceanographic
changes should, therefore, be a major priority to enable the best use
of limited funds and resources and to highlight the early
signs of any
changes.
The best hope
of a revival is
likely to be a return
of political commitment to the sector, but that looks unlikely in the short term, even in the wake
of the landmark
climate change agreement
signed in Paris last December.
In a similar vein, an Observer poll published earlier this month found that people from London were most
likely to agree that increasing frequency
of extreme weather was a
sign of climate change, while those living in the North West were least
likely to agree.