"On Friday, the fourth edition of the Climate Science Special Report was officially unveiled.
In summary, “It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century,” according to the report.
...Interestingly, not everyone on the Left agrees wholeheartedly with the report — and not because it lacks sensationalism.
“For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence.”
Recall back in August when The New York Times claimed to have procured a draft copy that it asserted “has not yet been made public.”
Recall back in August when The New York Times claimed to have procured a draft copy that it asserted “has not yet been made public.”
This was false — the draft had long been up for public review, which the Times later clarified — but it helped support the premise supplied by the Times’ headline: “Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report.”
As we reported at the time, this now-demonstrably fake news bolstered the narrative two-fold:
As we reported at the time, this now-demonstrably fake news bolstered the narrative two-fold:
- It furthered the Times’ agenda of portraying Donald Trump as a Neanderthal who “could change or suppress the report” without the public’s knowledge,
- and it also helped portray ecofascists as brave whistleblowers who had no choice but to “leak” a report to save humanity.
...Interestingly, not everyone on the Left agrees wholeheartedly with the report — and not because it lacks sensationalism.
Even an Obama-era official is calling into question some of the report’s findings. Physicist Steven E. Koonin, former undersecretary of energy under Obama, addresses two specific issues in The Wall Street Journal, where he writes:
One notable example of alarm-raising is the description of sea-level rise, one of the greatest climate concerns. he report ominously notes that while global sea level rose an average 0.05 inch a year during most of the 20th century, it has risen at about twice that rate since 1993.
One notable example of alarm-raising is the description of sea-level rise, one of the greatest climate concerns. he report ominously notes that while global sea level rose an average 0.05 inch a year during most of the 20th century, it has risen at about twice that rate since 1993.
But it fails to mention that the rate fluctuated by comparable amounts several times during the 20th century.
The same research papers the report cites show that recent rates are statistically indistinguishable from peak rates earlier in the 20th century, when human influences on the climate were much smaller. The report thus misleads by omission."
This isn’t the only example of highlighting a recent trend but failing to place it in complete historical context.
This isn’t the only example of highlighting a recent trend but failing to place it in complete historical context.
The report’s executive summary declares that U.S. heat waves have become more common since the mid-1960s, although acknowledging the 1930s Dust Bowl as the peak period for extreme heat.
Yet buried deep in the report is a figure showing that heat waves are no more frequent today than in 1900..."
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