NY Times Asks Why “Horrible” U.S. Drought “Has Come on Extra Hot and Extra Early.” Their Answer is … La Niña, Of Course!
By Joe Romm on Jul 11, 2011 at 5:28 pm UPDATE: There are some confusionists who don’t know the scientific literature who are misrepresenting this post. I’d just urge people to read it themselves. The key point, as I make clear, is that the NY Times focused its story specifically on why this drought is so hot — but never mentioned global warming at all. Further, as one of the country’s leading climatological experts on Southwestern drought made clear in 2011 Senate testimony on the New Mexico drought (see below): There is broad agreement in the climate science research community that the Southwest, including New Mexico, will very likely continue to warm. There is also a strong consensus that the same region will become drier and increasingly snow-free with time, particularly in the winter and spring. Climate science also suggests that the warmer atmosphere will lead to more frequent and more severe (drier) droughts in the future. All of t...