Category Archives: Drought

New Paper: Unprecedented 21st-century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Bob Tisdale

That’s the title of a new paper by Cook et al. that’s been making the rounds in the mainstream media. The paper is available from GISS here. The abstract reads:

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California Drought – A Novel Statistical Analysis of Unrealistic Climate Models and of a Reanalysis That Should Not Be Equated with Reality

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Bob Tisdale

UPDATE:  See the update at the end of the post. In the post The Obvious Failures of Climate Science That Mainstream Media Ignores, I promised to discuss the paper behind the National Science Foundation press release Cause of California drought linked … Continue reading →

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How Long Will the Naturally Caused Drought Persist in the U.S.?

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Bob Tisdale

AND DOES THE UPCOMING NCADAC REPORT ADDRESS THE AMO’S INFLUENCE ON THE DROUGHT? Anthony Watts recently published a post about the current drought in the U.S. titled To NCDC: We Haven’t Seen an El Nino since 2009/10, What Do You Expect? It … Continue reading →

Posted in Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, Climate Assessment Report Faults, Drought | 6 Comments