Is Climate Change To Blame For Oklahoma’s Severe Winter Storm? The Answer Is Complicated

NewsOK.com RSS - news >> politics >> !The Oklahoman, Daily Oklahoman: Politics
Sun, 02/21/2021 - 10:33am

By Carmen FormanStaff writercforman@oklahoman.comOklahoma saw its worst winter storm in decades last week, but don’t go blaming climate change for the bitter cold and heavy snow just yet. Climate change is a phenomenon studied on a global scale over the course of decades. Two University of Oklahoma professors said that makes it nearly impossible to label a singular weather event, even one that brings subzero temperatures to a large swath of the United States, a result of climate change. “The data does not support being able to attribute what’s going on now to climate change,” said Kevin Kloesel, director of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. Climate scientists look for patterns, and if historic winter storms begin to happen more frequently, that could be a sign of climate change, the OU meteorologist said in a phone interview Thursday after a second storm hit the state within a matter of days. Extreme weather conditions in Oklahoma may seem significant to the state’s residents, but are minuscule in comparison to the global climate picture, said Renee McPherson, director of the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center.Read more on NewsOK.com

NEXT
BING NEWS:
  • Oklahomans were fleeced during the 2021 winter storm. Lawmakers should make sure it never happens again
    At long last, there may be some justice for Oklahoma consumers who have had to foot the exorbitant tab of the 2021 winter weather event.
    04/15/2024 - 3:56 am | View Link
  • Climate Change
    Property owners who have had to file for insurance claims say climate change affected their home values. So far this year, Lake Powell's water levels have declined since January but it can expect ...
    04/12/2024 - 6:07 am | View Link
  • Climate Change
    The number of bull sharks -- one of the most aggressive species of shark in the world -- increased significantly in a 20-year period, and warmer sea water is to blame. A recent study by the Woods ...
    04/11/2024 - 2:02 pm | View Link
  • Why the price of chocolate exploded: How climate change drives inflation
    wildfires and severe storms — become more common. Semenova also argued that Green New Deal-type policies that attempt to mitigate the effects of climate change will not reduce this inflation ...
    04/8/2024 - 5:13 am | View Link
  • Climate Crisis
    Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! to your inbox each morning. Democracy Now! is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. We do not accept funding from advertising, underwriting or government ...
    03/28/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
  • More

 

NEXT
Welcome to Wopular!

Welcome to Wopular

Wopular is an online newspaper rack, giving you a summary view of the top headlines from the top news sites.

Senh Duong (Founder)
Wopular, MWB, RottenTomatoes

Subscribe to Wopular's RSS Fan Wopular on Facebook Follow Wopular on Twitter Follow Wopular on Google Plus

MoviesWithButter : Our Sister Site

Movies With Butter More Movie News

More Politics News

  • no title provided in feed
    CNN, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 11:24 PM

    House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with CNN's Jake Tapper

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • World Seafood Collapse
    Crooks and Liars, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 11:00 PM

    Open thread below read more

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Biden Calls China ‘Xenophobic,’ Ramping Up Campaign Rhetoric
    Time, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 10:33 PM

    President Joe Biden called China “xenophobic” while highlighting the Asian nation’s economic woes, as he sought to make the case for U. S. economic strength during a campaign stop in the swing state of Pennsylvania. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “They’ve got a population that is more people in retirement than working. They’re not importing anything.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Biden Jabs Trump Over ‘Hush Money’ Trial
    Political Wire, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 10:19 PM

    “With the slightest of jabs Wednesday, President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged former President Donald Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York for the first time since it got underway,” USA Today reports. Said Biden: “Under my predecessor − who’s busy right now…” “There was little doubt what Biden was referencing. And the line, delivered during a speech at the United Steelworkers union’s headquarters, drew laughter in response.”

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Trump Lawyers Say Stormy Daniels Refused Subpoena
    Political Wire, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 10:11 PM

    “Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president’s criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away,” the AP reports. “Trump’s lawyers are asking Judge Juan M.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
  • Colorado lawmakers will drop plans to remake RTD’s board — for now — after facing blowback
    Denver Post, Wednesday - 04/17/2024 - 08:45 PM

    Colorado lawmakers are abandoning plans to overhaul the Regional Transportation District’s governing board and change how its members are selected after transit officials blasted the plan. Reps. William Lindstedt and Meg Froelich said Wednesday that they are still set to pursue other RTD reforms through House Bill 1447. But they said they plan to drop the bill’s most contentious provision: a plan to eventually cut the board’s size down from 15 elected, voting members to seven voting members — with five elected and two appointed by the governor. Froelich and Lindstedt told fellow legislators they wanted to further discuss board reform over the coming months. “We ultimately feel that those sections of the bill should come out, and we will want a longer process,” said Froelich, an Englewood Democrat.

    More | Talk | Read It Later | Share