Occam wrote:
Here is statistical evidence that most of the recent extreme weather was man made.
www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/10/russi...e-change/#more-81812
Not true. I read the article. The article makes a case that the russian heat wave was a result of global warming. It makes almost no statement about the cause of global warming. In fact here is what it says:
While the new method doesn’t consider the causes of climate change, Rahmstorf and Coumou write that “given the strong evidence that most of the warming of the past fifty years is anthropogenic, most of the recent extremes in monthly or annual temperature data would probably not have occurred without human influence on climate.”
Wow, there's some real science. That's about the same as this:
Given the strong evidence that Tim Tebow doesn't throw the ball accurately, the Broncos probably will not win on Sunday.
Oh, but wait, the Broncos did win on Sunday. It's important to separate the facts like "the earth has warmed a bit over the last 100 years" from guesses like "man's activities are the cause of the warming". The first is pretty easy to measure, the second is anything but, and plenty of respected experts who know much more about it than I dispute the second claim.