It was bad enough when some researchers started to use “data” to describe “(numerical) model output” a few years ago; now some scientists are saying “(numerical) projections are becoming observations…” Thank goodness, I don’t have to listen to such abuse of English words at a conference anymore! Human-Caused Global Warming Behind RecordHot Australian Summer A new study links the 2012 heat waves Down Under to the greenhousegas emissions causing climate change By Stephanie PaigeOgburn and ClimateWire The study shows without a doubt that the projections of climate scientists a few decades ago that the risk of extreme heat would increase are now becoming the reality. The projections are becoming observations, hesaid. Reprinted from Climatewire with permission from Environment EnergyPublishing, LLC. www.eenews.net ,202-628-6500 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-caused-global-warming-behind-record-hot-australian-summer
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