With respect to “Climate Change”, this website and my contribution to the discussion focuses on the data. I have a standing request/challenge to anyone (scientist or not) to provide an empirical Temperature/CO2 data set that shows CO2 driving the climate on any statistically significant historical time scale. Scientific proof requires empirical data. The Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) theory does not have that empirical data (because that data does not exist).

OPS

US Drought Situation

OPS-31 Drought is one of those extreme weather events that the Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming (CAGW) alarmists consistently warn us about. But, as with hurricanes, forest fires, tornados, etc. the historical data does not back that hypothesis up. This OPS clearly shows that drought conditions are not expanding despite the rising temperatures and CO2 levels. The OPS focus is on the US, but links to global data are also provided. Based on the NOAA data, the very dry areas of the US have been continually decreasing and the very wet areas have been continually increasing since their records began.

#showusthedata #globalwarming #climatechange

Even the IPCC acknowledges that there is no data showing extreme weather events are connected to Global Warming let alone Anthropogenic Global Warming. Not surprising, since extreme weather is dependent on the temperature difference between the northern latitudes and the equatorial regions. As the earth warms, the polar/equatorial temperature differences decrease, and extreme weather decreases in parallel.

I wonder when the Mainstream Media will stop blatantly lying about the relationship between “Climate Change” and extreme weather.

Palmers Drought Severity Index
NOAA – US Precipitation
Roger Pielke Jr. – Extreme Weather Discussion
Variability and Trends in Global Drought (1901 – 2009)
Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (1982 – 2012)