In 2012 the New York Times said recent droughts were worse than the Dust Bowl, worst in 800 years and the new normal.
Opinion | Extreme Weather and Drought Are Here to Stay – The New York Times
National Time Series | Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
The US has cooled considerably since the 1930s. This doesn’t suit the political agenda, so NOAA and NASA tamper with the data to turn cooling into warming.
Two fundamental points are emphasized [about breaking weather records]. The first is that records will always be broken. The second is that the occurrence of a record breaker is not of itself an indication of any change in causative mechanisms. In other words, unprecedented events do not presage extraordinary explanations— an admonition that could usefully be pasted above the desk of every headline writer.
—Weather (the bulletin of Britain’s Royal Meteorological Society), August 2002
Extreme Weather – Google Books
Nebraska has recorded 302 days since 1890 with the statewide average maximum temperature above 100F. Eighty percent of those days occurred before 1960, with the hottest being July 25, 1936 when the state averaged 111F.
“Perhaps the hottest night ever recorded in the U.S. outside of the desert Southwest, occurred on the evening of July 25, 1936, at the unlikely location of Lincoln, Nebraska, when the minimum temperature fell to only 91°”
“There shouldn’t be any more coal-fired power plants permitted anywhere in the world,” Kerry began before launching into an anti-coal diatribe.
“I find myself getting more and more militant because I do not understand how adults who are in a position of responsibility can be avoiding responsibility for taking away those things that are killing people on a daily basis…”
Loud fart sound erupts during John Kerry’s speech at climate panel in Dubai
China has 655 new coal fired power plants planned. Without electricity generated from coal, there would be mass misery and death around the world.
OSI and NSIDC show about the same Arctic sea ice extent during the winter, but during summer NSIDC is lower. Click on the image to see it larger.
ftp://osisaf.met.no/prod_test/ice/index/v2p2/nh/osisaf_nh_sie_daily.txt
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/DATASETS/NOAA/G02135/north/daily/data/N_seaice_extent_daily_v3.0.csv
Almost half of NOAA US final adjusted temperature data is now fake.
In 2007, “scientists warned” that Mt. Snowdon would be snow-free by 2020.
This is what Snowdon looked like today.
Ten years ago the New York Times announced the end of snow.
“slopes were closed last month at Fichtelberg mountain in Oberwiesenthal, Germany.”
Opinion | The End of Snow? – The New York Times
This is what Oberwiesenthal looks like today.
Webcam Fichtelberg – Oberwiesenthal – Webcams Fichtelberg – Oberwiesenthal
“Country Faces an Overpopulation by 1975, With Farms Unable to Feed All, Experts Say”
TimesMachine: March 16, 1952 – NYTimes.com
h/t Alex Epstein
