Comment by Red_Leaves_Flyy | Hacker News Reader

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Red_Leaves_Flyy

Is Yale a credible enough source for your curiosities?

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/extreme-weather-events-have-inc...

If that's too recent for you the increase of extreme weather events as a consequence of fossil fuel induced climate change is explicitly stated by the world meteorological organisation back in 2009.

https://public.wmo.int/en/bulletin/weather-and-climate-chang...

Shell oil admitted they knew this back in 1991 and made a video about it.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/28/shell-kn...

I can keep going, shell knew back in 1980.

https://mashable.com/2018/04/05/shell-knew-truth-on-global-w...

The fact that Climate change causes an increase in extreme weather events is common knowledge, or should be. Many people on this site have grown up learning about this in school. Though I can't speak for the quality of education that everyone in some unscientific states have recieved. However, the science is irrefutable.

I enjoyed your little moment of US exceptionalism, assuming that I am in one of the dumber states, as well as the opening call to authority.

Your references, in order:

1. This would be light on detail for a Medium blog post. "Reported extreme weather events" depends wildly on measurement, reporting, and public communication criteria, none of which is quantified. As another commenter pointed out, "extreme weather" is also not the same thing as "unpredictable weather".

2. Is a largely an investigation of what would happen if global temperatures increased, along with some computer projections of future weather conditions. This is not proof of anything.

3. I'm not sure what to make of this, especially as the original video is not referenced. "Warning of climate change" is not the same as "climate change is happening".

4. This Mashable article, again, does not link the original documents that Shell wrote.

I'm not sure of the status of science education where you live, but referencing pop-sci articles that reference companies that once wrote a report about climate change does not constitute serious research.

Those are separate problems. Weather can become more extreme without becoming more unpredictable.

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