Global warming not to blame for 2011 droughts - environment - 15 June 2011 - New Scientist
While global warming is an obvious suspect, there's no evidence that it is to blame. Though climate change models predict extended droughts and periods of intense rainfall for the end of the 21st century, they don't explain the current droughts, says Martin Hoerling at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "A lot of these extreme conditions are natural variations of the climate. Extremes happen, heat waves happen, heavy rains happen," he says.YouTube - R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Video)
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As for the apparent convergence of droughts worldwide, Mark Saunders of University College London says current conditions aren't that unusual. News media may simply be more tuned in to reporting extreme weather events.
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New Scientist states that there are or will be "Extended droughts and periods of intense rainfall" This reminds me of my personal well validated weather forecast..."sometimes it rains and sometimes it doesnt"
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