<div dir="ltr"><div>It's a hoax! <br><br>Don't be deceived by the socialist climate scientists propaganda designed to scare the public into big government UN regulation of the capitalist free market via global warming hysteria!<br><br></div>Ha!<br><div>---------------------------------------<br><a href="http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/110515-new-report-human-caused-climate-change-increased-the-severity-of-many-extreme-events-in-2014.html">http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2015/110515-new-report-human-caused-climate-change-increased-the-severity-of-many-extreme-events-in-2014.html</a><br><h2><strong>New report finds human-caused climate change increased the severity of many extreme events in 2014 </strong></h2><p><strong>November 5, 2015</strong></p><p><br>Human activities, such as greenhouse gas emissions and land use,
influenced specific extreme weather and climate events in 2014,
including tropical cyclones in the central Pacific, heavy rainfall in
Europe, drought in East Africa, and stifling heat waves in Australia,
Asia, and South America, according to a new report released today. The
report, “<a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/explaining-extreme-events-2014">Explaining Extreme Events of 2014 from a Climate Perspective</a>” published by the <em>Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society</em>,
addresses the natural and human causes of individual extreme events
from around the world in 2014, including Antarctica. NOAA scientists
served as three of the five lead editors on the report.<br>
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"For each of the past four years, this report has demonstrated that
individual events, like temperature extremes, have often been shown to
be linked to additional atmospheric greenhouse gases caused by human
activities, while other extremes, such as those that are precipitation
related, are less likely to be convincingly linked to human
activities,” said Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D., director of <a href="https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/">NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information</a>.
“As the science of event attribution continues to advance, so too will
our ability to detect and distinguish the effects of long-term climate
change and natural variability on individual extreme events. Until
this is fully realized, communities would be well-served to look beyond
the range of past extreme events to guide future resiliency efforts." <br></p><p>n this year’s report, 32 groups of scientists from around the world
investigate 28 individual extreme events in 2014 and break out various
factors that led to the extreme events, including the degree to which
natural variability and human-induced climate change played a role.
When human influence for an event cannot be conclusively identified
with the scientific tools available today, this means that if there is a
human contribution, it cannot be distinguished from natural climate
variability. <br>
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The report this year added analysis on new types of events
including wildfires and Antarctic sea ice extent, and in one case
looked at how land use patterns may influence the impacts and severity
from precipitation. <br></p><p>Key findings for each of the assessed events include:<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong><u>North America:</u></strong></p>
<ul><li>Overall probability of California wildfires has increased due
to human-induced climate change, however, no specific link could be
made for the 2014 fire event.<strong></strong><br>
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</li><li>Though cold winters still occur in the upper Midwest, they are less likely due to climate change.<br>
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</li><li>Cold temperatures along the eastern U.S. were not influenced by
climate change, and eastern U.S. winter temperatures are becoming less
variable.<br>
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</li><li>Tropical cyclones that hit Hawaii were substantially more likely because of human-induced climate change.<br>
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</li><li>Extreme 2013-14 winter storm season over much of North America
was driven mainly by natural variability and not human caused climate
change.<br>
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</li><li>Human-induced climate change and land-use both played a role in
the flooding that occurred in the southeastern Canadian Prairies.</li></ul>
<p><strong><u>Around the World:</u></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>South America</em></strong></p>
<ul><li>The Argentinean heat wave of December 2013 was made five times more likely because of human-induced climate change. <strong></strong><br>
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</li><li>Water shortages in Southeast Brazil were not found to be
largely influenced by climate change, but increasing population and
water consumption raised vulnerability.</li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Europe </em></strong></p>
<ul><li>All-time record number of storms over the British Isles in
winter 2013-14 cannot be linked directly to human-induced warming of
the tropical west Pacific.<br>
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</li><li>Extreme rainfall in the United Kingdom during the winter of 2013-2014 was not linked to human-caused climate change.<br>
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</li><li>Hurricane Gonzolo was within historical range of strength for hurricanes transitioning to extratropical storms over Europe. <br>
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</li><li>Extreme rainfall in the Cévennes Mountains in southern France was three times more likely than in 1950 due to climate change.<strong></strong><br>
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</li><li>Human influence increased the probability of record annual mean warmth over Europe, NE Pacific, and NW Atlantic.<strong></strong></li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Middle East and Africa</em></strong></p>
<ul><li>Two studies showed that the drought in East Africa was made more severe because of climate change.<br>
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</li><li>The role of climate change in the Middle East drought of 2014
remains unclear. One study showed a role in the southern Levant region
of Syria, while another study, which looked more broadly at the Middle
East, did not find a climate change influence.</li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Asia</em></strong></p>
<ul><li>Extreme heat events in Korea and China were linked to human-caused climate change.<br>
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</li><li>Drought in northeastern Asia, China and Singapore could not conclusively be linked to climate change.<br>
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</li><li>The high west Pacific tropical cyclone activity in 2014 was largely driven by natural variability.<br>
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</li><li>Devastating 2014 floods in Jakarta are becoming more likely due to climate change and other human influences.<br>
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</li><li>Meteorological drivers that led to the extreme Himalayan snowstorm of 2014 have increased in likelihood due to climate change.<br>
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</li><li>Human influence increased the probability of regional high sea
surface temperature extremes over the western tropical and northeast
Pacific Ocean during 2014.<strong></strong></li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Australia </em></strong></p>
<ul><li>Four independent studies all pointed toward human influence
causing a substantial increase in the likelihood and severity of heat
waves across Australia in 2014.<br>
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</li><li>It is likely that human influences on climate increased the
odds of the extreme high pressure anomalies south of Australia in
August 2014 that were associated with frosts, lowland snowfalls and
reduced rainfall.<br>
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</li><li>The risk of an extreme five-day July rainfall event over
Northland, New Zealand, such as was observed in early July 2014, has
likely increased due to human influences on climate. </li></ul>
<p><strong><em>Antarctica </em></strong></p>
<ul><li>All-time maximum of Antarctic sea ice in 2014 resulted chiefly
from anomalous winds that transported cold air masses away from the
Antarctic continent, enhancing thermodynamic sea ice production far
offshore. This type of event is becoming less likely because of climate
change. </li></ul>
<p>“Understanding our influence on specific extreme weather events is
ground-breaking science that will help us adapt to climate change,”
said Stephanie C. Herring, Ph.D., lead editor for the report at NOAA’s
National Centers for Environmental Information. “As the field of
climate attribution science grows, resource managers, the insurance
industry, and many others can use the information more effectively for
improved decision making and to help communities better prepare for
future extreme events.”</p>
<p>The report was edited by Herring, along with Martin P. Hoerling,
NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory; James Kossin, NOAA’s National
Centers for Environmental Information; Thomas Peterson, World
Meteorological Organization’s Commission for Climatology and formerly
with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information; and Peter
A. Stott, UK Met Office Hadley Centre. The report includes a global
authorship from 21 countries. View the full report <a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/explaining-extreme-events-2014">online</a>.</p>
<p>"AMS is pleased to collaborate with NOAA on providing the public
with an accessible, peer-reviewed basis for understanding our changing
world," said AMS Executive Director Keith Seitter. "Between the State of
the Climate report earlier this year and now this annual Explaining
Extremes collection, an ever clearer picture emerges of our advancing
scientific capabilities to identify how climate change is affecting us."</p>
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