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Hot Weather Convinces Media of Climate Change; Cold Weather Ignored
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Contributor | Eddie |
Last Edited | Eddie Jan 06, 2010 03:42am |
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Category | General |
Author | Julia A. Seymour |
News Date | Monday, January 4, 2010 08:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | From 2003 heat wave that killed thousands, to melting Peruvian glaciers the news media find examples of global warming.
The news media constantly misuse extreme weather examples to generate fear of global warming, but when record cold or record snow sets in journalists don’t mention the possibility of global cooling trends. While climatologists would say weather isn’t necessarily an indication of climate, it has been in the media, but only when the weather could be spun as part of global warming.
In Iowa, temperatures are 30 degrees below normal according to the Des Moines Register. That’s a near-record low. Beijing is facing the coldest temperatures in decades according to Australia’s The Age.
And in Pichccahuasi, Peru, bitter cold may cause the extinction of communities of alpaca farmers suffering from pneumonia and other respiratory problems. Ironically, that Guardian (U.K.) report called the region an anomaly “in a world growing ever hotter.” |
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