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Author: Linny Luken
The most recent article is located at milwaukee sentinel“Ads running in Wisconsin give weather events worsened by climate change a new name: Unnatural disasters,” discusses an ad campaign trying to mobilize moms to take climate action at the polls by claiming climate change Leading to more severe flooding to scare them, heat waves and wildfires. This is wrong. The trends for all types of extreme weather events they warn about are not getting worse. In fact, American families are now less affected by weather than at any time in history.
The article says:
An ad in Wisconsin and other battleground states urges residents to consider a new term to describe severe weather events worsened by climate change: “unnatural disasters.”
Science Moms, a nonpartisan group of climate scientists that highlights the risks climate change poses to families, is spending $2.5 million on an ad campaign as they expand across the U.S., including on billboards One of the few advertising campaigns. It highlights that human-caused climate change is making floods, heatwaves, wildfires and other extreme weather more severe – jeopardizing children's ability to experience the world the way previous generations did.
Right off the bat, the core claims of both the ad campaign and the article are wrong. Floods, heat waves and wildfires, along with other natural weather events, have not become more extreme by any recorded measure.
Since the floods began, media and climate activists have argued otherwise, with data showing no increase in the frequency or intensity of flood events. The report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change only low confidence While climate change is affecting flooding around the world, floods are also likely to become less common. In the United States, the situation is similarly less dire, with flood damage appearing to decline over time despite mild warming. Despite increased infrastructure over time, flood losses as a share of U.S. gross domestic product have declined significantly since the early 20th centuryth century.
Heat waves have received a lot of media coverage over the past year. climate realism For example, many specific heat wave events are detailed here , here , and here . These stories almost uniformly falsely claim that some parts of the world are experiencing unprecedented temperatures, while ignoring historical data on other conditions. They also ignore the growing impact of the urban heat island effect, which can have significant warming effects, especially at night, in inner-city areas, as discussed in detail here.
Most notably, however, the data shows a decrease in the number of days with temperatures at or above 95°F across the vast majority of the United States. (see picture below)
Furthermore, historical data shows that the most severe heat waves in the United States occurred in the 1930s; recent heat records are not even close.
Finally, regarding wildfires, the worst wildfires occurred again in the United States in the early 20th century.th century. as climate realism For example, as detailed here , here , and here , existing data do not suggest that the conditions required for large-scale wildfires are becoming more likely over time, and that globally, they are actually becoming The symptoms are becoming less frequent and severe. Evidence for the latter point is provided by NASA and the European Space Agency. Satellite data from the groups show that over the past few decades, both the number of wildfires and the area lost have dropped dramatically.
Moms don’t have to worry about climate change making America less safe for their families. shameful sentinel magazine Rather than being called “science moms,” these moms who choose to uncritically repeat the alarmist rhetoric of moms are more accurately called “moms who lack a good science education.” The data shows that their claims are wrong and their fears are unfounded, so sentinel magazineThe decision to promote your own views is fake news.
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