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On the recordJuly 11, 2012
That shows the original challenge to climate change theory, based on the incident of Snowmageddon, was like so much that is said to challenge climate change--phony, outright wrong, a misunderstanding of how it works, and misrepresenting what it shows. Scientists have recently published an article in Oceanography that demonstrates that link between climate change and severe winter weather in the northern Hemisphere's middle latitudes. I think that can be debunked as a phony claim against the facts of climate change that are surrounding us. Look around at what is happening now. We are seeing extreme weather on the other side. Last week, Eugene Robinson wrote a Washington Post column that was entitled ``Feeling the Heat.'' He wrote: Still don't believe in climate change? Then you're either deep in denial or delirious from the heat. He points out that the evidence is mounting in irresistible and ultimately irrefutable ways. To quote from his article: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the past winter was the fourth-warmest on record in the United States. To top that, Spring--which meteorologists define as the months of March, April and May--was the warmest since recordkeeping began in 1895. Again, this spring--March, April, and May--was the warmest since recordkeeping began in 1895. He continues: If you don't believe me or the scientists, ask a farmer whose planting seasons have gone awry. The Bloomberg news recently wrote a story entitled ``U.S.…
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jul 11, 2012

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