Anthony Watts
When I first saw this photo in news stories today, my first thought was “how long before somebody idiotically links this to global warming aka climate change aka climate disruption” (take your pick)?
Dust storm hits Phoenix, July 5th, 2011 – click image for source
The answer, not long. From The Atlantic we have this pronouncement:
Environmentalists remind us that the conditions that create dust storms can be linked to climate change and poor farming practices. Today, the Earth is twice as dusty as it was in the 19th-century. At least we have YouTube and Twitpic to document the incredibly terrifying consequences?
Read more:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/07/06/now-its-dust-storms-that-are-caused-by-climate-change/
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