h/t to Tom Nelson
The Three Stooges might want to learn a little history before twittering in their pants. Perhaps Andrew Freedman meant that AGW is a decelerant?
(Picture from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.)
Dust Storms: “Dust Storm Near Beaver, Oklahoma.” (July 14, 1935)
Great Depression Picture – A Dust Storm in Oklahoma
The current drought is one of the least serious in Oklahoma history.
Oklahoma, Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI), 24-Month Period Ending in September, 1897-2012
How could any university hire this dung head. He doesn’t have a great academic record. I don’t believe he has contributed a thing that hasn’t been discredited. Normally, someone with such a track record would not be a faculty member for very long.
It’s academic inbreeding that causes these freaks in the first place.
Money. The (idiot) US government hand out multi millions of grants to whatever University has the gall to keep that bloke.
Mann brings in huge research grants. On that basis alone he is an academic star.