Permanent California Drought Update

But the drought’s not over!

New Studies Find No Global Drought Trend Since 1902…Global Flood Magnitudes Decline with Warming

With regard to drought, the global trends indicate there has actually been a de-intensification of meteorological (climate-related) drought from 1959-2014 relative to to 1902-1959.

Meteorologist: “No Need To Worry About Drought” in Germany…Enough Water In The Ground

We don’t need to worry at all that drought and dryness are coming in the foreseeable future. That issue we can completely forgotten about this summer, the way things look…

How Unusual Is the Recent Dry Period?

No suggestion that global warming/climate change is the cause.

Expert Prof. Gerd Ganteför Calls For More Studies On The Regional Climate Impact By Wind Turbines

More wind parks means less wind, which means less precipitation, which in turn means more drought and warmer temperatures. 

Note to Yale Climate Connections – There Is no Link Between Droughts and Climate Change

The author of the YCC editorial ignored these easily discoverable facts, perhaps out of ignorance

UN Secretary-General Wrong to Blame Climate Change for Somalian Suffering

Social and political instability is a much more likely culprit, especially since Somalia’s current drought is not unprecedented, and neighboring countries also under drought conditions are have not experienced similar…

Climate Depot: Reality Check to Biden

Here is what Biden said, and what follows is a Climate Depot point-by-point rebuttal to each of Biden’s claims.

Climate Fact Check: February 2023 Edition

Ten pieces of climate propaganda from February 2023 exposed and debunked.

Imagine

I was dreaming of a world last night where we had a perfect energy source.

The California Drought is Over. Definitively.

 Blaming climate change as the primary cause for current problems and recent “drought” leads to not dealing with the real problems.

US Climate Is Getting Less Extreme, Not More

The fact that the US, and for that matter the UK, is not seeing such effects fundamentally undermines their credibility.

BBC’s Fake Worst Drought in China Claim

Apparently a dry summer is worse than two years of barely any rain:

Somalia Says Drought Is Due to Climate Change, As They Demand Billions

…population growth, a ten-fold increase since 1950, is the main reason why droughts like these, which are perfectly natural and common events, now have such a human impact.

Claim: Rising Global Temperatures Point to Widespread Drought

according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). 

Is Extreme Weather Causing the World’s Rivers to Dry Up?

As is often the case, the facts usually disprove the alarmist position associated with climate change. This is no different with respect to the CNN article.

Lake Mead Low Water Levels, Part 2: Colorado River Inflow Variations and Trend

Contrary to claims that drought is causing Lake Mead water levels to fall, the Colorado River natural flows into Lake Mead show no long-term trend since 1930.

A Drought in Germany Gets the Media Overexcited

There is a drought in Germany, and naturally the media has gone into hyperdrive to link it to global warming:

Is Lake Mead Shrinking Because of Climate?

No doubt that drought is affecting Lake Mead. But Western drought is natural (the region is a desert, after all), and Lake Mead was comparably low more than 100 ppm…

New Study Finds Extreme, Severe Drought Impacting the Upper Colorado River Basin in the Second Century

While there has been research showing extended dry periods in the southwest back to the eighth century, this reconstruction of the Colorado River extends nearly 800 years further into the…