The “we’re all going to die” narrative. Version 87.01.

More climate change hysteria from The Weather Channel:

5/4/22 — “Why Are Some Beaches Expanding, Despite Sea Level Rise?” “With sea levels rising due to climate change you might think that beaches are disappearing . . . .” You might think that because of their constant harping on rising sea levels.

5/4/22 — “Parts of the Rio Grande Running Drier Than Usual.” Climate change and increased demand . . . .

5/2/22 — “Where Tornadoes Strike Most Frequently Is Changing.” By Ally Hirschlag, Weather Channel. “Meteorologists have some theories as to why this appears to be happening which include climate change and natural variability.” Personally, I’m going with climate change.

5/4/22 — “Historic Lake Mead Drought Reveals Body in Barrel.” “Climate change has fueled the megadrought”, etc.

5/2/22 — “Wildfire in Northern New Mexico is Largest in Country.” “Scientists say wildfires are more widespread and starting earlier due to climate change.”

5/1/22 — “Climate Change Could Bring On Mass Extinction Event On Par with Great Dying.” The Great Dying of 250 million years ago. “. . . . [B]ecause of climate change.”

4/28/22 — “One-in-Five Reptiles Threatened With Extinction.” “The study points to habitat loss as the reptiles’ primary threat but hunting and climate change have an impact too.”

4/28/22 — “Climate Change Has Decimated this Once Popular Iraq Lake (PHOTOS).” “The lake, which was located west of Samawa in Iraq’s Muthana Province, has disappeared due to climate change-induced drought and groundwater harvesting for agricultural and industrial purposes.”

4/28/22 — “Climate Change Could Increase Cross-Species Disease Spread.” “A new study published in the journal Nature predicted climate-related disease spread could put humans at a greater risk of picking up infections from animals.” Again with the “studies.”

4/28/22 — “Floating City of the Future Being Built.” “The goal is to ensure that city dwellers displaced by future rising sea levels will have a thriving place to live.” It’s not clear what will cause future risking sea levels but we’ll get back to you when this becomes known.

4/28/22 — “Denali Main Road Partially Closed Due to Climate Change.” Escalating landslides . . . . Scientists say . . . .

4/27/22 — “UN: Climate Change Has Big Impact on Increasing Global Disasters.” “A U.N. report said the world can expect disasters to increase in the coming years mostly due to climate change.” 560 disasters expected by 2030, up from about 400 per year in 2015. Devestating heat waves, more droughts, extremely strong tropical cyclones in northern Africa, expanding wildfire season in American west. Compound with other factors like covid-19 “pandemic” and economic woes. Funds go to recovery and only a small percentage go for “prevention.”

4/27/22 — “Gray Wolf Howls at Car in Yellowstone.” Because of climate change. Ok. Just kidding.

4/26/22 — “As Climate Anxiety Grows, Youth-Led Lawsuits Spark Action.” “Climate change is one the leading causes of anxiety in young people all over the globe according to recent surveys. Negative feelings about the climate crisis correlate with worry that the government is not doing enough.”

4/26/22 — “UN: Climate Change Has Big Impact on Increasing Global Disasters.” “A new report by the UN’s Office of Disaster Risk Reduction said that disasters are only going to increase by 2030.” We are doomed. Find sticks and sharpen them.

4/25/22 — “More Americans Are Moving into Areas Prone to Climate Disasters, Study Finds.”

4/22/22 — “Climate Change Reveals Underwater ‘Fairy Chimneys’ in Turkey (PHOTOS).” By Nicole Bonaccorso. “Receding water from climate change fueled-drought have revealed what looks like a tiny underwater city in Turkey’s Van Lake.”

4/21/22 — “Glaciers Before and After Climate Change (PHOTOS).” By Nicole Bonaccorso.

4/21/22 — “Crop-Threatening Bacteria Found in North America for First Time.” “With many crops already stressed by warmer temperatures and drought . . . .”

4/20/22 — “Most Endangered US River Is Water Source for 40M.” “An advocacy group says the nation’s sixth-longest river is under threat from climate change and other factors.”

4/20/22 — “West’s Wildfires Affecting Pollution Levels Across U.S..” “Wildfires are becoming more intense due to climate change.”

4/20/22 — “Sea Level Rise Not the Only Coastal City Danger.” “See level rise is one of the worst effects of climate change for coastal cities but there’s another threat that can make it even worse — land subsidence. . . . It’ll take better monitoring and government intervention to keep land subsidence in check. And with the seas expected to rise by at least a foot in the 21st-century minimizing land subsidence will be crucial.” King Canute call your office.

Previous lists of Weather Channel hysteria:

4/12/22 — “Another load of Weather Channel climate change hysteria.”

2/14/22 — “Yet more Weather Channel hysteria, campers.”

12/4/21 — “Stuffing us like a goose.”

12/1/21 — “More Weather Channel climate hysteria.”

11/11/21 — “Six days of Weather Channel climate hysteria.”

For some perspective, see also “From ice age to global warming – the climate doom-mongers’ swift about-turn.” By Ivor Williams, The Conservative Woman, 4/26/22. It’s well worth reading even if you’re not a conservative woman.