Using the big freeze to deny climate change stupidity or cynicism?(theguardian.com)
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Using the big freeze to deny climate change stupidity or cynicism?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/02/using-the-big-freeze-to-deny-climate-change-stupidity-or-cynicism
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To be fair this kind of thing goes both ways. Things like tornados and heat waves are being increasingly blamed on global warming. The author of the article even falls into the very fallacy he's decrying by suggesting that the polar vortex may have broken down because of global warming. People don't seem to understand that weather and climate are different things. The global temperature has risen .8 degrees since the late 1800s. To claim that we can feel that at the level of weather is ridiculous.
I agree in general weather and climate are different. But concerning the polar vortex - the jet stream has become more wavy (north & south instead of west & east) due to climate change.
That's why we get -20F a couple days in Chicago, then a few days later it's 45F. Shifts like that never used to happen. The only reason it does now is because the jet stream is changed due to climate change.
That's why we get -20F a couple days in Chicago, then a few days later it's 45F. Shifts like that never used to happen. The only reason it does now is because the jet stream is changed due to climate change.
This title is bizarre and makes no logical sense. If you accept there are climate events such as a big freeze, then how can you deny the climate changes?
These rags like the guardian just seem to be yelling at the wind these days.
These rags like the guardian just seem to be yelling at the wind these days.
Most of the people who deny climate change seem to think "climate change" means "2.00°C warmer every day in every place" or something slightly less constrained. One can hardly discuss with such absurdly constrained notions without saying something bizarre.
I think the title writer probably meant "Using big freeze to deny global warming".
But yes, it's ridiculous no matter how you look at it.
But yes, it's ridiculous no matter how you look at it.