‘Climate Talking Points For Trump’

  1. There is no 97% consensus of scientists. In a recent survey of the professional members of the American Meteorological Society, only 52% believed that global warming was primarily man-made – much less dangerous.

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http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00091.1

2. Heatwaves are not getting worse. According to the EPA, the worst heatwaves in the US (by far) occurred during the 1930’s – when the Midwest commonly saw temperatures over 110 degrees, and as high as 120 degrees.

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High and Low Temperatures | Climate Change | US EPA

3. Droughts are not getting worse. According to NOAA, the US has been getting steadily wetter over the past century.

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Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

4. Scientists say that California has had much more severe droughts in the past, lasting as long as 200 years. The past 100 years was the wettest century on record in California.

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California drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say – Mercury News

5. Hurricanes are not getting worse. The US is experiencing a record quiet period for hurricanes.

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No hurricanes have entered or developed in the Gulf of Mexico since September 2013, a stretch of well over 1,000 days. By the end of this week, the streak will be the longest on record, dating to the 1800s.

Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Drought Likely to Become Longest in 130 Years | The Weather Channel

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U.S. in longest “hurricane drought” in recorded history – CBS News

6. According to the Danish Meteorological Institute, the Arctic Ocean is full of thick ice. There is more ice on the Russian side than there has been in years, and a group of global warming sailors are currently blocked by impenetrable ice in the Northeast Passage.

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DMI Modelled ice thickness

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Home – The Polar Ocean Challenge

Scientists predictions have consistently failed.

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013’

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Gore: Polar ice cap may disappear by summer 2014

The Argus-Press – Jun 24, 2008

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The Argus-Press – Google News Archive Search

7. Polar Bear populations are not decreasing.

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Global population of polar bears has increased by 2,650-5,700 since 2001 | polarbearscience

8. Sea level has been rising for 20,000 years, since the end of the last ice age. Most of that time much faster than now. It has nothing to do with humans.

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File:Post-Glacial Sea Level.png – Wikimedia Commons

9. According to NOAA, sea level is only rising 1.7 to 1.8 mm/year. At that rate, it will take thousands of years for Manhattan to drown.

the absolute global sea level rise is believed to be 1.7-1.8 millimeters/year.

Sea Level Trends – Global Regional Trends

10. According to NOAA, sea level at Manhattan has been rising at about the same rate (2.8 mm/year) since the 1850’s. There is no indication that humans are affecting the rate of sea level rise.

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Sea Level Trends – State Selection

11. Glaciers have been melting for a very long time. In 1879, John Muir found that Alaska’s largest glacier had retreated 48 miles since 1794. 20,000 years ago, Chicago was buried under a mile of glacial ice.

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Glaciers and Icebergs of Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska

12. Forest fires are not getting worse. According to USDA, the US had five times as much burn acreage in the 1930’s as we  do now. The New York Times confirmed this.

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Indicator 3.16: Area and percent of forest affected by abiotic agents

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October 9, 1938 – NYTimes

13. Climate models have failed, and greatly over-predict warming.

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Climate Analysis | Remote Sensing Systems

14. Our most accurate systems for measuring global temperature, satellites, show that this year is no warmer than 1998.

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Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

15. NASA shows that global surface temperatures have fallen 0.54 degrees C over the last four months. The largest drop on record in such a short time.

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www.woodfortrees.org/data/gistemp

These points are unassailable, and backed by government data.

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