It’s Cold Outside. Cue the Trump Global Warming Tweet.
- 6 years ago
It’s Cold Outside. Cue the Trump Global Warming Tweet.
One 2009 study found that the United States saw roughly as many record highs as record lows in the 1950s,
but b y the 2000s there were twice as many record highs as record lows.
And while climate scientists expect that the world could warm, on average, roughly 2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century
— depending on how quickly greenhouse-gas emissions rise — they don’t expect that to mean the end of winter altogether.
In announcing that the United States would withdraw from the agreement among almost 200 nations to collectively
rein in greenhouse-gas emissions, Mr. Trump lobbed a similar charge that the deal put a burden only on America
On Thursday, parts of the United States were roughly 15 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit colder than average for this time of year.
Mr. Trump’s line of reasoning recalled a February day in 2015 when Senator James Inhofe, Republican
of Oklahoma, brought a snowball to the Senate floor as evidence that the Earth was not warming.
Climate refers to how the atmosphere acts over a long period of time, while weather describes what’s happening on a much shorter time scale.
One 2009 study found that the United States saw roughly as many record highs as record lows in the 1950s,
but b y the 2000s there were twice as many record highs as record lows.
And while climate scientists expect that the world could warm, on average, roughly 2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century
— depending on how quickly greenhouse-gas emissions rise — they don’t expect that to mean the end of winter altogether.
In announcing that the United States would withdraw from the agreement among almost 200 nations to collectively
rein in greenhouse-gas emissions, Mr. Trump lobbed a similar charge that the deal put a burden only on America
On Thursday, parts of the United States were roughly 15 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit colder than average for this time of year.
Mr. Trump’s line of reasoning recalled a February day in 2015 when Senator James Inhofe, Republican
of Oklahoma, brought a snowball to the Senate floor as evidence that the Earth was not warming.
Climate refers to how the atmosphere acts over a long period of time, while weather describes what’s happening on a much shorter time scale.