Ross McKitrick: Apocalyptic rhetoric about extreme weather keeps ramping up. But experts say there’s no emergency

Legions of self-appointed “fact checkers” readily ignore even the most deranged exaggerations by politicians if they serve the cause of alarmism. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images

According to Ross McKitrick, who is a professor of economics at the University of Guelph and a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute, the apocalyptic rhetoric about extreme weather continues to rise. But experts say there is no emergency.

That’s right, according to McKitrick said apocalyptic rhetoric referring to the extreme weather continues and in fact, the same is increasing. That being the case, he advises that his column should be trimmed, kept at hand and the experts quoted when the occasion arises.

It should be noted that the legions of self-appointed “fact-checkers” easily ignore even the most deranged exaggerations of politicians if they serve the cause of alarmism

McKitrick notes that on June 7, he published an opinion piece that tells the story of Roger Pielke Jr., who is a US climate expert whose research on climate change and extreme weather did not support many of the alarmist slogans. about the topic. In this way, he points out that although his findings were directly in the mainstream of his academic specialty, by publicly declaring them, Pielke Jr. was vilified, harassed and, finally, harassed to leave the field.

What is said

For his part, McKitrick has suggested that we not be dissuaded. Since, according to him, the evidence is found in the relevant sections of the previous Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which he cited in detail.

It is important to mention that Environment Canada continues to maintain that “the observational record has not yet shown evidence of constant changes in the extremes of short-term precipitation throughout Canada.”

Thus, it is convenient to quote what the IPCC said regarding tornado trends in its 2012 report: “There is little confidence in the trends observed in small-scale phenomena, such as tornadoes and hail, due to the lack of homogeneity of data and deficiencies in monitoring systems. “ (P. 151).

Likewise, the IPCC has emphasized that as temperatures have increased in many places, maximum temperatures have increased, although less than minimum temperatures. Even so, it is important to note that in Environment Canada’s recent report on Canada’s changing climate, most of what they say about heat waves refers to model predictions of the future

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Source: Ross McKitrick | Financial Post