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For an alternative view ('The paper has two strikes against it right from the get-go: paleoclimatological data and climate models') http://wattsupwiththat.com/
by vixen99 12y ago
For an alternative view ('The paper has two strikes against it right from the get-go: paleoclimatological data and climate models') http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/13/new-paper-unprecedented-21st-century-drought-risk-in-the-american-southwest-and-central-plains/ http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/13/new-paper-unprecedente...
- tim333 12y agoGlancing at the graphs https://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/figure-31.png https://bobtisdale.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/figure-31.png the correlation between the observational data and the computer models does not look that impressive so far. Maybe if the Southwest goes into an unprecedented drought shortly as the models predict then that would be some evidence that they have predictive power but so far it looks a bit iffy.