Thread by @ncdave4life

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 1/10:
It's not. Droughts still happen, of course, but their consequences used to be much WORSE than they are now.

Droughts used to cause massive famines. But such famines are fading from living memory.

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 2/10:
Elevated CO2 is not the only reason for that blessing, but it is one of the important reasons. Drought impacts are diminishing, because CO2 makes plants more water-efficient and drought-resistant.

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 3/10:
Climate industry propagandists blames many calamities on #climatechange, even when those things haven't actually gotten worse, and often even when they've clearly gotten better. That's not real science, it's what Feynman called "cargo cult science."
sealevel.info/feynman_cargo_…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 4/10:
As you can see, rising CO2 levels have not caused droughts to worsen. Not globally:

sealevel.info/learnmore.html…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 5/10:
Not in the United States, either:
ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-preci…

sealevel.info/US_percentage_…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 6/10:
Not in Europe. either:
wattsupwiththat.com/2022/08/20/deb…
sealevel.info/VicenteaSerran…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 7/10:
Not in Africa, either:

(Note: Sorghum & millet are C4 crops, and C4 plants withstand CO2 deprivation better than C3 plants, but agronomists have found that both types benefit enormously from extra CO2, in dry conditions.)



sealevel.info/Pearce2002_Afr…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews 8/10:
Even scandalously politicized National Geographic @NatGeo noticed the improvement.

sealevel.info/Owen2009_Sahar…

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews @NatGeo 9/10:
The fact is that the measured effects of rising CO2 levels and anthropogenic climate change are overwhelmingly positive.

@schryguy @Willard1951 @guardiannews @NatGeo 10/10:
Understanding #ClimateChange requires balanced info:
sealevel.info/learnmore.html
It has:
● accurate introductory info
● in-depth science from BOTH skeptics & alarmists
● links to several debates between experts on BOTH sides
● climate impact info
● top blogs on BOTH sides

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