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Patrick Mansell, Penn State
Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Alarmism in action.
Extreme global weather is ‘the face of climate change’ says leading scientist
Exclusive: Prof Michael Mann declares the impacts of global warming are now ‘playing out in real-time’
The extreme heatwaves and wildfires wreaking havoc around the globe are “the face of climate change”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has declared, with the impacts of global warming now “playing out in real time”.
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Extreme weather has struck across Europe, from the Arctic Circle to Greece, and across the world, from North America to Japan. “This is the face of climate change,” said Prof Michael Mann, at Penn State University, and one the world’s most eminent climate scientists. “We literally would not have seen these extremes in the absence of climate change.”
“The impacts of climate change are no longer subtle,” he told the Guardian. “We are seeing them play out in real time and what is happening this summer is a perfect example of that.”
“We are seeing our predictions come true,” he said. “As a scientist that is reassuring, but as a citizen of planet Earth, it is very distressing to see that as it means we have not taken the necessary action.”
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Where I live months of high humidity weather in the 90s or above is what we call “Summer”. But I understand such conditions are distressing for people who are not used to them.
Mann’s comments are not helpful. In his apparent eagerness to take advantage of the heatwave to promote his climate message, he’s gone too far. How can you scientifically state we “would not have seen these extremes in the absence of climate change?” on the basis of a claim that the probability of such events has doubled? A doubling of probability still leaves a substantial possibility that such events could occur naturally, without human help.
He should stick to his specialty of misinterpreting tree rings and fraudulently manipulating data. He’s out of his element.
Have we “literally” not seen these conditions before, or have we “virtually” not seen these conditions before? We tend to reside in a more virtual world than a literal one, lately.
Another good example of “Fake News” generation by the Guardian.
Some people, even “eminent” scientists and economic commentators get confused berween weather and climate. One swallow does not a summer make.
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2018/07/27/climate-change-europe-heatwave/
Dr Mann knows that the Global Warming Myth, which he helped create, is beginning to turn on him, as rightfully it should. Its a terrible lie, and if he doesn’t change the language right now, he will be forever labeled for this lie. So, he is making this move by stating the obvious right here:
“Extreme weather has struck across Europe, from the Arctic Circle to Greece, and across the world, from North America to Japan. “This is the face of climate change,” said Prof Michael Mann, at Penn State University, and one the world’s most eminent climate scientists. “We literally would not have seen these extremes in the absence of climate change.”
Well, “No Schist Sherlock”. When this becomes obvious to everyone, the world over, he will be quick to tell everyone that he was right all along, and that what he really meant had been misconstrued. Mark my words, this is what he is going to use to rehabilitate his name and reputation, by being able to say that “Up is Down, Right is Wrong”, and “Global Warming is really Global Cooling”
You wait and see, if I’m not correct here. Mark my words.
Its not just Mann.
Its virtually every “Climate Scientist” out there, aided and abetted by the biased MSM propaganda machine.
Actually the climate has always been changing so his statement is meaningless nonsense.
But the IPCC told us that 2 degrees was the tipping point. And they are working on their next report, so it’s worse than they thought?
It is unfortunately easy to compare guerrilla Jihadists trying to destroy Western society from within by for example arson and the Climate Change activists.
Stupid little Mann, stupid little beard.
LOL! I don’t know what that is, but it’s a very funny picture!
To be fair those with ‘thin skin ‘ do have real issues with the heat , and Mann has proved himself time and again to have very thin skin , which is made worse its need to stretch over a planet sized ego .
Frankly the only surprise is that it has taken this long for him to ‘join this party ‘
From the ‘Guide to the Perfect Global Warming Idiot’.
Rule 37: Not only report when temperature records are broken, also report when they are not.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-weather-latest-forecast-rain-heatwave-storms-thunder-temperature-met-office-a8467056.html
Sounds a lot like the Obama administration – they couldn’t scare people enough so they ended the last 4 years with “Climate change is real and it’s happening now”. I have a few photos that prove something about climate change, too, but it’s certainly not the kind of extremes that they claim are happening. Matter of fact, the pics prove things are pretty consistent year after year.
It’s in the Grauniad, you don’t expect balanced reporting do you?
Prof Michael Mann, at Penn State University, and one the world’s most deranged climate “scientists”. Fixed it.
Michael “Piltdown” Mann I just making stuff up , again.
the media in the UK are reporting it’s hotter than ever before / records broken / ancient villages uncovered / hose pipe bans /blah blah – I quite like pointing out this summer isn’t as hot as ’76
The Russians hacked the jet stream
The Guardian isn’t any longer the paper it used to be. Back in the fifties of the last century it was a trustworthy news organisation which kept news and comment separate.
All that was changing, but the rot progressed rapidly after the arrival of Rushbridger as editor. He drove it in the direction of activism (at the same time as nearly bankrupting it by his idiotic financial management).
Its become an activist organisation where opinion has contaminated reporting to the extent that its reporting can no longer be trusted. And where it simply refuses to report things which are inconvenient, like the Rochdale grooming and child abuse scandals.
The activism is efforts to actually get policies adopted in the world. Its incompatible with being an objective news organisation. The Guardian for instance wanted to see Kerry elected and not Bush. So it organised its readers to write to people in Clark County in the effort to influence the election the way it wanted. It actively helped Snowden make travel arrrangments in his flight to Russia. It mounted a campaign for the world to leave fossil fuels in the ground, cease extraction, and it also mounted a campaign for the sale of shares and disinvestment from fossil fuel companies.
In terms of reporting, its handed over its environment pages to Skeptical Science and the egregrious Nuccitelli. None of its climate reporting can be trusted. Its promoting an extreme fringe feminist, LGBT agenda every chance it gets. Indeed, none of its reporting on security can be trusted. What can it be trusted on, is the question.
Very little. Too little to be worth the effort to find out.
C P Scott will be turning in his grave. Very sad.
It seems to be a common thread with newspapers and magazines to see their purpose to be to promote their particular political ideology instead of just giving their readership the facts. This happens all the time on controversial topics such as AGW, gun control, race relations, and political protests. One might say that the ‘educated’ journalists are responsible for the heightened contentiousness in society through their propagandist efforts.
Back in school, I expect many of them weren’t athletic enough to be Jocks, popular enough to be Groupies, smart enough to be Nerds, nor weird enough to be Arties. By one avenue or another they all drifted to the school newspaper, where they spent their time writing about and taking pictures of all the students who were more interesting than them. Ditto in college where they naturally settled for journalism majors. Mix in some activist faculty bending their ears, and some latent resentment of their past peers, and it’s understandable why many would become willing propagandists.
Mann is not a scientist. He’s just a very naughty boy….
“DROUGHTS IN ENGLAND”
“Going into particulars Mr Bussell
said that as far back as 1738 the record
shows a great drought, which lasted until
1762, a period of 26 years.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/153490300?searchTerm=droughts%20in%20england%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=
THE DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer (SA : 1864 – 1878) Friday 21 October 1870
The Drought in England.
Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 – 1931) Monday 4 July 1887
THE DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933) Thursday 14 May 1891
THE DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 – 1954) Friday 18 August 1893
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 – 1922) Saturday 14 September 1895
SEVERE DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 – 1954) Thursday 23 July 1896
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 – 1928) Wednesday 23 May 1900 p
THE DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 – 1930) Saturday 5 October 1901
Drought In England.
The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser (NSW : 1903 – 1904) Tuesday 27 September 1904
A “Drought” In England.
Gympie Times and Mary River Mining Gazette (Qld. : 1868 – 1919) Saturday 10 February 1906
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1930) Sunday 3 November 1907
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 – 1954; 1998 – 1999) Wednesday 16 August 1911
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896 – 1924) Friday 14 June 1912
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA : 1861 – 1954) Saturday 23 August 1913
A DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 – 1931) Saturday 24 October 1914
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW : 1903 – 1920) Tuesday 29 June 1915
DROUGHTS IN ENGLAND. SWEEPING FIRES ON MOORLANDS. LONDON, Saturday.
Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 – 1947) Tuesday 24 June 1919
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 – 1954) Friday 27 May 1921
1929 DROUGHT IN ENGLAND
The shortage of rain during the past six
months is causing concern in certain parts
of England and Wales.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4561465?searchTerm=England%20in%20drought%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&searchLimits=
A Drought in England.
The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 – 1933) Monday 28 March 1932 p 8
PROLONGED DROUGHT IN ENGLAND
Singleton Argus (NSW : 1880 – 1954) Wednesday 13 September 1933
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 – 1954) Thursday 2 August 1934
DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
The South Eastern Times (Millicent, SA : 1906 – 1954) Friday 3 June 1938
TEN WEEKS’ DROUGHT COMES TO END IN GT. BRITAIN
Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 – 1954) Saturday 27 September 1947
Drought In England
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 – 1954) Wednesday 29 June 1949
1947 was a particularly cold winter if I remember correctly – I remember hearing, I mean.
Michael Mann. Disingenuous Professor of Climate Calumnies. State Penn.
Much clearer, lol
He gave up on his science training years ago when he become gripped by greed.
He saw the millions that could be made from relentless propaganda.
He become a high priest of lies wrapped in fake morality.
A rank and disgraceful opportunist.
Where is your evidence that Mann has made enormous sums of money?
I know its not “adult” of me
but every time i see his smug mug , I feel the urge to slap it!
and spouting crud like this claim enhances the effect
Indeed, his visage is most eminently punchable.