Guest Post by: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Energy & Environmental Legal Institute, the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, and the International Climate Science Coalition
Editor’s note: This summary serves as a fact check on the top ten disasters that mainstream media attributes to climate change. These topics, and others, have been thoroughly reviewed by Climate Realism as well. For more detail, click the links to read more about Pakistan’s flooding, Hurricane Ian, major droughts, heat waves, Lake Mead’s water level, flooding in Yellowstone, and snow extent.
Links: https://apnews.com/article/floods-europe-pakistan-climate-and-environment-87a354ddc9f2333e3175d0578c50a592 , https://apnews.com/article/science-business-arts-and-entertainment-journalism-united-states-087d1d5dd7189c529fe5d7a21a1ffb5f
Links: Pakistan floods: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/11/05/cop27-summit-egypt-climate-change/, https://climaterealism.com/2022/09/pakistans-floods-and-the-climate-attribution-con/ , https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2208 , https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/13/pakistan-paying-price-climate-change/Hurricane Ian: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/28/hurricane-ian-florida/ , https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/European Drought: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62648912 , https://www.politico.eu/article/hot-dry-aint-bad-1540-yet/China Drought: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/business/economy/china-drought-economy-climate.html?smid=tw-share , https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020GL088124
Links: Famine on the Horn of Africa: https://theconversation.com/famine-should-not-exist-in-2022-yet-somalia-faces-its-worst-yet-wealthy-countries-pay-your-dues-191952, https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/somalia/trends-variability-historical , https://climaterealism.com/2022/11/no-cbs-news-drought-in-somalia-is-not-being-driven-by-climate-change/UK Heat Wave: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/world/europe/uk-heat-wave.html , https://science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/6/#fig-6-3%22 , https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-great-heat-wave-dilemma-explained.htmlYellowstone River Flooding: https://weather.com/news/news/2022-06-16-yellowstone-flooding-climate-change , https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/07/13/dont-rush-to-blame-yellowstone-flooding-on-climate-change-experts-say/
Links: Lake Mead: https://www.wsj.com/articles/western-lakes-shrink-from-drought-and-boat-businesses-struggle-11655631002 , https://www.drroyspencer.com/2022/08/lake-mead-low-water-levels-part-2-colorado-river-inflow-variations-and-trend/World Cup Skiing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/11/18/alpine-skiing-climate-change/ , https://climate.rutgers.edu/snowcover/chart_seasonal.php?ui_set=nhland&ui_season=1Bottom Line: https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/us-extreme-weather-in-2022 , https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-from-natural-disasters, https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2019/10/31/surprising-good-news-on-the-economic-costs-of-disasters/
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