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The problem with practically every climate denier out there is you only see things from a very narrow local perspective. Skipping horrible weather in one area d
by anon7000 20d ago
The problem with practically every climate denier out there is you only see things from a very narrow local perspective. Skipping horrible weather in one area doesn’t mean the rest of the world is ok.
Climate scientists, in fact, predicted that there would be fewer hurricanes than normal this year because of El Niño. (https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/how-does-el-nino-impact-atlantic-hurricane-season/ https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/how-does-el-nino-impact-atlantic-h...)
I think it would be fucking foolish to look at a system as complicated as the climate on planet earth and think “hm, I think warming by a couple degrees has barely any impact on the weather.” In fact, El Niño is an amazing example that localized warmth in one specific area can completely halt the hurricane season.
But while that’s great, for now, it’d be extremely short sighted to think that a system which can do that is always going to act in your favor.
In fact, a complete lack of weather systems at all is a bad thing if it means your region doesn’t get rain anymore. Which is currently happening in Indonesia, because of El Niño, and is devastating (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-fuels-wildfires-in-indonesia-sickening-some-100-000-people/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-nino-fuels-wil...).
- anonymousiam 19d agoYeah. This year there is El Niño, but the rates and severity of hurricanes is unchanged over the long term. https://www.heritage.org/energy/report/keeping-eye-the-storms-analysis-trends-hurricanes-over-time https://www.heritage.org/energy/report/keeping-eye-the-storm...