@dan613 Hansen was talking nonsense. Remarkably, he'd apparently never heard of Arctic Amplification.
CO2-driven warming warms high latitudes (both SST & air) MORE (not less) than low latitudes.
@dan613 Hansen said that the “increasing temperature gradient" [between high & low latitudes] "is going to drive stronger storms,” as lower latitudes warm faster than higher latitudes. But even then it was common knowledge that exactly the opposite was true.
@dan613 He was 100% wrong. In n. hemisphere Arctic amplification warms high latitudes faster, and stabilizing negative feedbacks reduce warming in the tropics. So anthropogenic climate change causes a REDUCED temperature gradient, rather than increased.
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@dan613 Yet NOT ONE prominent climate alarmist who was convinced by Hansen's error that global warming would cause worsening storms ever acknowledges the possibility that AGW will LESSEN severe weather.
That's because climate alarmism is based on superstition & propaganda, not evidence.
@dan613 Hansen's error is why you heard that AGW will worsen storms.
Actually, worldwide storminess & extreme weather has DECREASED slightly, as greenhouse gas levels have risen. Hurricanes/ tropical cyclones, droughts, & tornadoes are all trending slightly down.
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@dan613 You've heard “no news is good news?” Well, in climate science it's “good news is no news.” Climate activists & their press allies rarely report the good news about REDUCED extreme weather, IMPROVED ag productivity, and a GREENING planet, thanks to eCO2.
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