The argument about global warming has morphed into climate change. This subtle shift was necessary because the warming as evidenced by satellite measurements has stopped since 1998, even while CO2 concentrations have continued to increase. It has become increasingly obvious CO2 is not driving the warming, the climate, or anything else.
The hysteria about melting ice caps, sea level rise, stronger storms, droughts, floods, forest fires, etc., has not materialized:
- ice continues to accumulate at record levels in the Antarctic wherein lies 90% of the world’s ice inventory. Meanwhile, the Arctic Ice Cap has survived decades of predictions of its demise.
- sea level rise according to Nils-Axil Morner, the world’s leading authority on sea level change, has not changed at all.
- annual accumulated cyclonic energy is at historical lows, as are the overall number and strength of hurricanes and tornadoes.
- Droughts and floods continue their march in tune with oceanic oscillations, such as, La Ninas and the Indian Ocean Dipole.
- Forest fire activity remains at the mercy of lightning strikes, underbrush stockpiles and interference with nature by humans.