Real Climate Science

Thirteen years ago President Clinton’s climate advisor announced the Southwest permanent drought based on a dust storm in Phoenix.  Since he made that announcement, Arizona has gotten wetter and is about to flood.

Dust Storm Marks Beginning of Southwest’s “Permanent Drought” | The Energy Collective

“ISSUED: 11:54 PM DEC. 21, 2023 – NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MST /5 AM PST/ FRIDAY
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT…

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall will be possible.

* WHERE…Portions of Arizona, including the following areas, Aguila
Valley, Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Buckeye/Avondale, Cave
Creek/New River, Central La Paz, Central Phoenix, Deer Valley,
Dripping Springs, East Valley, Fountain Hills/East Mesa, Gila
Bend, Gila River Valley, Globe/Miami, Kofa, Mazatzal Mountains,
New River Mesa, North Phoenix/Glendale, Northwest Pinal County,
Northwest Valley, Parker Valley, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, Rio
Verde/Salt River, San Carlos, Scottsdale/Paradise Valley, Sonoran
Desert Natl Monument, South Mountain/Ahwatukee, Southeast Gila
County, Southeast Valley/Queen Creek, Southeast Yuma County,
Superior, Tonopah Desert, Tonto Basin and West Pinal County and
southeast California, including the following area, Palo Verde
Valley.”

Tempe, AZ Severe Weather Alert | Weather Underground

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The press corps in the United States has degenerated to a point where they make the old Soviet Pravda look like serious journalists.

Reuters says China should rely on wind and solar instead of coal.

“China’s new coal plants set to become a costly second fiddle to renewables.

China’s plans for some 100 new coal-fired power plants to back up wind and solar capacity have sparked warnings that the world’s second-biggest economy is likely to end up lumbered with even more loss-making power assets.”

China’s new coal plants set to become a costly second fiddle to renewables | Reuters

China’s use of coal is increasing faster than wind or solar.

Primary energy consumption by source, China

Reuters also says China is experiencing historic cold.

China’s Shanghai endures worst cold snap in 40 years | Reuters

China is planning on building 655 mew coal fired power plants.

Tracker Map – Global Energy Monitor

Antarctic sea ice extent is higher today than the same date in 1979 and 1982.

ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/sh/osisaf_sh_sie_daily.txt

Arctic sea ice extent is higher today than the same date in 2005 when
Greta Thunberg was two years old.

ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt

There isn’t one shred of evidence to support the idea that drought correlates with CO2.

Historical Palmer Drought Indices | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

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From June 24 to July 28, 1936 Nebraska afternoon temperatures averaged over 90F every day. Over that 35 day period the state averaged 102F, peaking at 111F on July 25, 1936.

The minimum temperature at Lincoln, Nebraska on July 25, 1936 was 91F, which may have been the hottest night ever recorded in the US outside of the desert Southwest.

Extreme Weather – Google Books

July, 1936 was the hottest month on record in the US.

Wayback Machine

In 2018 National Geographic announced the death of the Great Barrier Reef, which currently has record high amounts of coral.

Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead

Great Barrier Reef records highest hard coral cover in 36 years | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

“In the days and months after the July floods that devastated much of Vermont, Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux’s inbox filled with requests.

During that July storm, the skies opened, drowning some parts of Vermont with up to 9 inches of rain in 48 hours. Afterward, government officials and members of the media turned to Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont’s state climatologist, to understand the storm’s link to a globally changing climate.

In an interview with Vermont Public, she described plumes of water vapor that had risen from the Atlantic Ocean and headed west to the Green Mountains — a product of warm air temperatures. To a VTDigger reporter, she explained the role that Vermont’s mountains can play by cooling humid air to create clouds. With the Washington Post, she spoke about the odds that so many inches of rain would fall on Vermont.

In recent years, Vermonters have struggled to adapt to a climate that appears to be changing swiftly. In addition to the July storm, swings between wet weather and drought conditions have presented farmers and loggers with steep challenges”

As Vermont’s climate changes, more Vermonters rely on Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, the state climatologist – VTDigger

Vermont has a long history of floods, with the worst one occurring in 1927

1927

2011

1869

1938

1973

Flooding in Vermont

There is no indication that either temperature or precipitation has become more extreme in Vermont

The 1932 Winter Olympics across Lake Champlain from Vermont, almost had to be cancelled because of a lack of snow.

16 Jan 1932, Page 1 – The Los Angeles Times 

15 Jan 1932, 26 – The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com

A short look at how the National Climate Assessment is misleading people about US forest fires.

For more than 50 years, experts have been saying we only have ten years left to save the planet.