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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult?

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From: Don Hurst8/21/2015 4:30:38 PM
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More for the denier crowd on this thread to ponder...

California Drought Is Made Worse by Global Warming, Scientists Say

By JUSTIN GILLIS AUG. 20, 2015

>>"Global warming caused by human emissions has most likely intensified the drought in California by 15 to 20 percent, scientists said on Thursday, warning that future dry spells in the state are almost certain to be worse than this one as the world continues to heat up.

Even though the findings suggest that the drought is primarily a consequence of natural climate variability, the scientists added that the likelihood of any drought becoming acute is rising because of climate change. The odds of California suffering droughts at the far end of the scale, like the current one that began in 2012, have roughly doubled over the past century, they said.

“This would be a drought no matter what,” said A. Park Williams, a climate scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University and the lead author of a paper published by the journal Geophysical Research Letters. “It would be a fairly bad drought no matter what. But it’s definitely made worse by global warming.” "<< MORE

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