WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse

WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse

The Chicago Tribune failed in its journalistic duty of producing a story grounded in facts. Instead of merely reporting on the danger and human interest aspects of the recent severe storms, they attempted to fearmonger people into believing extreme weather is getting worse due to climate change. It’s not, as historical observational weather data show that there is no sustained trend of worsening storms. The computer model projections the Chicago…

WRONG, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change Isn’t Making Hailstorms Worse - ClimateRealism

The Chicago Tribune recently ran a story claiming that climate change is making storms in Illinois “more severe,” particularly with regard to hail and tornadoes. This is false. There is no evidence that hail is becoming larger or tornadoes more powerful, or that either has become more common. The article relies entirely on computer model projections that it presents as fact, without reference to real world data. The article suggests that higher …

Fact Check: Real Data Shows Climate Change Isn’t Worsening Illinois Storms

A meteorologist examines real hail and tornado data for Illinois — and finds no evidence climate change is worsening storms.