weather, climate, and Trump

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Douglas Comer <comer () cs purdue edu>
Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Subject: weather, climate, and Trump
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>


Here at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana), we just experienced
one of the worst cold snaps we’ve had. Some of the Earth Sciences people
criticized Trump’s comments, and explained the situation clearly — its just
weather.  Then they added the observation that last summer was extremely
warm, which shows the warming climate.

I’ve seen the same thing in the media, and have realized that it’s possible
to reduce the entire discussion to sound bites that anyone — even
politicians — can understand:  if temperatures are warm one summer, that’s
the changing climate, but if temperatures are cold one winter, that’s just
weather.

Maybe if we all get behind this, it will eliminate the confusion and
ambiguity brought on by careful, reasoned discussion.

Doug



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