drought

One-sided California drought reporting

There is drought in California, but it needs perspective.

By Joe Bastardi |2023-02-18T15:01:59-05:00February 15th, 2023|Comments Off

Global cooling means heat and drought somewhere in U.S.

Weather is full of surprises, particularly for climate modelers.

By Joe Bastardi |2021-07-27T14:26:27-04:00July 29th, 2021|Comments Off

The rain in Australia has always been erratic, no CO2 trend

"Obscene" megatons of CO2 from China has no detectable effect on Australia's long term rainfall.

By CFACT Ed, Joanne Nova |2020-01-14T13:50:56-05:00January 14th, 2020|Comments Off

Climate crisis canceled: Where did all the drought go?

California drought was to be the new normal. Then came record rain. Varying weather has always been normal.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2019-08-26T12:14:42-04:00August 26th, 2019|Comments Off

Flooding ourselves with valuable water

Flooding often occurs in drought prone places. So the water that is hurting us is actually very valuable, if we could store it, which is just what dams do. We are flooding ourselves with valuable water. How stupid is that?

By CFACT Ed, David Wojick |2019-06-07T10:07:31-04:00June 7th, 2019|Comments Off

The facts on drought

Occasional extreme weather emergencies can be devastating, but are also historically normal.

By CFACT Ed, Craig Rucker |2019-05-16T15:20:17-04:00May 19th, 2019|Comments Off

Debunked: Newest drought scare just another climate scam

The only detectable signal connecting warming temperatures and drought was during a period 100 years ago, when temperatures were cooler than today. The warming since then has not caused any detectable drought.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2019-05-10T22:24:59-04:00May 13th, 2019|Comments Off

Klamath Drought Scare Contradicted by Facts

It should be apparent by now if global warming causes increasing drought and wildfires. Objective evidence shows that is not the case.

By CFACT |2018-05-07T14:15:42-04:00May 7th, 2018|Comments Off

NYT drought / famine smackdown

Nicholas Kristof has conveniently rediscovered that famine and drought are going on in Africa -- and he now wants to blame them on Donald Trump (and the over-the-top energy consumption of folks like you) just in time for the inauguration.

By Craig Rucker |2017-01-10T20:03:34-05:00January 10th, 2017|2 Comments

Californians roll 96 million plastic balls into reservoir

Californians just rolled 96 million plastic balls (at 36 cents a piece) into a reservoir that serves Los Angeles in an attempt to shade the water and curb evaporation. What are the plastic balls made from? Oil.

By Craig Rucker |2015-08-14T21:17:30-04:00August 14th, 2015|4 Comments

No change in global drought percentage since 1901

Despite slanted media reports to the contrary, there has been no change in the percentage of global droughts since 1901.

By CFACT Ed |2015-07-18T18:48:43-04:00July 18th, 2015|Comments Off