This posting’s title, “Climate Change Impacts In the USA Are Already (Not) Happening” is a direct lift of a Craig Loehle, Ph.D. essay that was posted on the WattsUpWithThat website. Loehle says that the US Government reports by such groups as “NASA, NOAA, EPA, USFWS, USFS, USDA and other agencies mention that climate change impacts are already observable in the USA.” Loehle adds: “This is discussed in the context of endangered species conservation, forest resource assessment, future water availability, disaster planning, agriculture policy, etc. I have read many of these reports, which often refer back to the IPCC or the US Global Change Research Program. But they are usually vague on details of what bad things are expected to happen, generally referring to increases in extreme events. Nevertheless, these vague bad things are being used to guide policy.
The USA has some of the best data and is a large country. Are bad effects of climate change really visible already? In what follows, I address the evidence often put forward to support these claims and compare these to the literature. The true story is far from alarming.”
Loehle discusses what the facts support about these observable climate impacts versus the vague bad things that the Government is spinning. The main topics he weighs in on are:
- Ocean Acidification
- Sea Level Rise
- Temperature Increases
- Floods
- Regional Drought Frequency
- Extreme Storm Events
- Hurricanes
- Fires
- Algal Blooms
- Changes in Ecosystems
That is a comprehensive list. He includes references for your examination. Click here to see the complete essay.
Loehle concludes saying: “Within the United States, the claim that bad climate effects can “already” be detected is a totally subjective and unsupported hypothetical.”
Read Loehle discussion of each of these topics. Then spread the word. You have to do it via the Internet and/or conversations with family, co-workers, and friends. We cannot depend on the media as they just regurgitate whatever the alarmist say. Partly because the media loves doom, gloom and blood to try to catch their reader’s interest.
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