This is what goes for science in the Cult of Climastrology
Weather expert: Little climate change effect on Peninsula — so far
University of Washington professor Cliff Mass predicts the state will warm by 3 to 8 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.Climate change has had little effect so far on the North Olympic Peninsula, a prominent scientist told a Port Angeles audience this week.
That will change later this century when the impacts of anthropogenic, or human-caused global warming become profound, said Cliff Mass, University of Washington atmospheric sciences professor and Northwest weather expert.
“It’s going to happen and we’ve got to get ready for it,†Mass said in a Wednesday lecture at the Port Angeles library.
Even without any influence of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, Mass said there is “no doubt†that anthropogenic climate change has already hit the Northwest.
Examples of human-caused climate change include irrigation in Eastern Washington, which cooled the area by 1 to 4 degrees, and the growth of cities like Seattle that have warmed low-level temperatures by 2 to 10 degrees because of combustion, the buildings and concrete.
Jets and fossil fuel-burning ships leave trails of clouds that affect the weather.
Those would be examples of UHI/land use, not global. But, in all fairness, if you read the article you will note that Mass does take into consideration natural variation and is less unhinged about CO2 than most. Nor is he a big fan of hyperbole about future doom. Despite stating that we are looking at future doom. Which is what Warmists so often do when their prognostications aren’t working out now.
