Re weather, climate, and Trump

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

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From: Ken Latta <ken.latta () gmail com>
Date: Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [IP] weather, climate, and Trump
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
CC: ip <ip () listbox com>


I don't understand why this summary doesn't take: Global warming provides
more energy for weather systems which both disrupts historical patterns and
provides for more extreme events.


On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:18 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:

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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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