There is a simplistic way to talk about the link between climate change and catastrophic wildfires and other natural disasters:
The science makes clear that many extreme weather events have increased in recent years "” and that there is a link to climate change.
You can shout from the rooftops:
CNN, ABC, WashPost, AP, blow Australian wildfire, drought, heatwave "Hell (and High Water) on Earth" story--never mention climate change NBC News ignores climate change, blows bark beetle story The NY Times Blows the Wildfire Story The NY Times Blows the Drought Story, too USA Today ignores the Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change AP Blows the Extreme Weather Story
Or, you can be grounded firmly in science and still be declarative, as demonstrated by RealClimate in this post on the recent Australian wildfires:
So, did climate change cause these fires? The simple answer is "No!"
And you can still ...
