Pielke Sr: "the climate system is much more complex than you typically hear. Not only is the human influence more complex, but natural climate forcings and feedbacks are incompletely understood"

Outdoors : Drought, heat bad for skiers, good for mountaineers

True, the dry heat bummed a few skiers, but the conditions are a boon to the tens of thousands who hike Colorado’s 14ers each summer.

Those without ice axe and crampon capabilities rely on a truncated window to tag the state’s highest peaks. The lack of snow cover, for many, has meant a clear path to the summit weeks earlier than usual...
“There is no predictive skill on how Colorado’s weather will be in the coming years, despite claims from some to the contrary. Indeed, the climate system is much more complex than you typically hear. Not only is the human influence more complex, but natural climate forcings and feedbacks are incompletely understood,” Pielke Sr. said.