Were you going to mention climate change at all? As 2013 appears to be the year of extreme weather events and the 7th warmest year on record it seems a major omission. Not to mention the fact that extreme weather events are being experienced across the globe. Unprecedented heat waves in Argentina & Australia. Storms & floods from Brazil, Canada, US, Spain, France, & Ireland to name just a few. And that was just the last week or so. Not to mention an un-precedented typhoon hitting Thailand and bushfires in Australia & the US. Whether or not any one, or even the pattern can be attributed to climate change it seems a gross omission in this article not to even ask the question.
Were you going to mention climate change at all? As 2013 appears to be the year of extreme weather events and the 7th warmest year on record it seems a major omission. Not to mention the fact that extreme weather events are being experienced across the globe. Unprecedented heat waves in Argentina & Australia. Storms & floods from Brazil, Canada, US, Spain, France, & Ireland to name just a few. And that was just the last week or so. Not to mention an un-precedented typhoon hitting Thailand and bushfires in Australia & the US. Whether or not any one, or even the pattern can be attributed to climate change it seems a gross omission in this article not to even ask the question.