On going through my old draft posts, I came across this unexpectedly accurate story in the Wall Street Journal from January:
More Droughts, Floods, Extreme Weather Expected With Warming Climate
Rising temperatures in the U.S. already have brought more frequent heat waves, droughts, floods and other extreme weather and scientists expect more of the same as a result of climate change, according to a government study released Friday.
Average U.S. temperatures have risen by about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit since 1895, with most of the increase occurring in the past 30 years, according to a draft of the National Climate Assessment.
Climate Progress covered the story at the time with this headline “End Climate Silence Now: Draft Climate Assessment Warns Of Devastating 9°-15°F Warming Over Most Of U.S.”
If you are wondering how Rupert Murdoch’s WSJ, home of the worst opinion page on climate in the country, could get the story right, well, it was a wire story from Dow Jones.
And, purely coincidentally, the author’s name was Cassandra Sweet, which all too well suggests how Journal editors view all such prescient warnings: