http://climateprogress.org/2006/12/21/even-more-on-the-war-on-white-christmas/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://climateprogress.org/2006/12/21/even-more-on-the-war-on-white-christmas/#comment-1494 Keith Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:47:10 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/12/21/even-more-on-the-war-on-white-christmas/#comment-1494 Where is your specific, cause-and-effect proof that this heat wave in DC is directly caused by greenhouse gas warming? Please provide it. Otherwise retract your claim that this particular wave is caused by global warming. There have been heat waves since forever, long before global warming was a concern. Where is your specific, cause-and-effect proof that this heat wave in DC is directly caused by greenhouse gas warming? Please provide it. Otherwise retract your claim that this particular wave is caused by global warming. There have been heat waves since forever, long before global warming was a concern.

]]> http://climateprogress.org/2006/12/21/even-more-on-the-war-on-white-christmas/#comment-1495 Joe Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:26:16 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2006/12/21/even-more-on-the-war-on-white-christmas/#comment-1495 Why do you attack a strawman -- particularly since the actual post is there for everyone to see. What the post states is "Global warming is making these weather patterns more likely." This is a well-known outcome of increasing the average global temperature. No specific weather event can be directly proven to be caused by global warming (although it is equally important to say that no one can prove a given heat wave was not caused by global warming). The issue is just whether or not such "anomalies" are becoming more common and more intense -- the data says they are. Why do you attack a strawman — particularly since the actual post is there for everyone to see. What the post states is “Global warming is making these weather patterns more likely.” This is a well-known outcome of increasing the average global temperature. No specific weather event can be directly proven to be caused by global warming (although it is equally important to say that no one can prove a given heat wave was not caused by global warming). The issue is just whether or not such “anomalies” are becoming more common and more intense — the data says they are.

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