In August, The Hill, a climate-change-embracing publication, published an article by Glenn C. Altschuler, insisting that "Climate Deniers Are Entitled To Their Own Opinions But Not Their Own Facts." When it comes to facts who is really advancing his own facts about what's going on with the Earth's climate? The article promises a brief summary of facts about climate change and its effect on the lives and livelihoods of all Americans.
" Below, I've taken each of Altschuler's "facts" and exposed them to actual facts.
CLAIM: 2023 is likely to be the hottest year on record, and possibly the hottest in 100,000 years.
The drought began in 1933 with Nebraska's driest year in 57 years For 18 consecutive days from July 8 through July 25, temperatures over 100 degrees were recorded.
" FACT: "Early snowpack melt"? Really? That was one of the doomsday predictions from 2001: "Snows of Kilimanjaro to vanish by 2020.
FACT: Excessive cold is infinitely more lethal than excessive heat.
"The Indian Ocean did not swallow the Maldives island chain as predicted." In fact, a 2019 global analysis published in late 2020 found that 89% of 709 island coasts have been either stable or growing in size in recent decades.
FACT: For more than two decades, satellites have recorded fires across the planet's surface.
The collected data are clear: Since the early 2000s, when 3% of the world's land caught fire, the area burned annually has steadily decreased" In 2022, the last year for which there are complete data, the world hit a record low of 2.2% burned area.
A century of fire suppression has left more fuel for stronger fires.
Last year, US fires burned less than one-fifth of the average burn in the 1930s and likely only one-tenth of what caught fire in the early 20th century.
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