On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:03:11 -0700, N∅ M∅ ∅baMa∅ wrote:


There have been no weather events observed to date – including Hurricane
Irene — which can be reasonably claimed to be outside the realm of
natural climate variability.

http://climaterealists.com/?id=8329

According Jianbang Gan, an environmental science professor at Texas A&M
University, global warming is strongly tied to an increase in wildfires.
He predicts that if the temperature climbs by 7 degrees Fahrenheit—what
climate experts predict for Texas by the end of the century—the number of
wildfires will more than double. Increased concentrations of CO2 in the
atmosphere will cause plants to grow faster, while higher temperatures
will dry them out more quickly, setting the stage for the kind of intense
blazes that have consumed 3.5 million acres in the Lone Star State this
year.

The direct causes of this year's wildfires are a record-breaking heat
wave and the worst single-year drought in state history, which is itself
linked to climate change. The drought has been the result of storms
shifting northward—the same conditions predicted by climate change
models. Though it may also be caused by the naturally occurring La Niña
weather pattern, human-induced global warming "is almost certainly making
this extreme event worse," Texas A&M climate scientist Andrew Dessler
told ThinkProgress Green. "There is absolutely no way that you can
conclude that climate change is not playing a role here."

http://motherjones.com/environment/2...exas-wildfires