Do you happen to remember hearing about how a man-made climate crisis is
causing extreme weather events? Like when in highlighting Superstorm
Sandy’s destruction during his 2013 State of the Union address President
Obama proclaimed: "Now, it's true that no single event makes a trend.
But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the
last 15. Heat waves, droughts, wildfires and floods, all are now more
frequent and more intense."
Obama continued: “Climate scientists have said that as the planet warms, extreme weather events will become more frequent.” And after all, being president with all that EPA-endorsed science at his disposal we should expect him to know . . . right?
Well, perhaps not after all. Satellite records show that despite rising atmospheric CO2 levels, global temperatures during those 12 recent “hottest years” have been statistically flat for the past 18 and counting. We are also witnessing a historically long stretch without a major U.S. landfall hurricane strike.
Obama continued: “Climate scientists have said that as the planet warms, extreme weather events will become more frequent.” And after all, being president with all that EPA-endorsed science at his disposal we should expect him to know . . . right?
Well, perhaps not after all. Satellite records show that despite rising atmospheric CO2 levels, global temperatures during those 12 recent “hottest years” have been statistically flat for the past 18 and counting. We are also witnessing a historically long stretch without a major U.S. landfall hurricane strike.
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