An “inconvenient truth” for climate alarmists who say Earth won’t make it to 2030, as recent reports of climate gains are providing proof that the planet is healing itself. These reports are bringing the good news that perhaps we’re not doomed after all.
Proof of climate gains counters alarmist prophecies of planetary doom
Here is some good news you rarely hear because it’s exactly the opposite of those doomsday prophecies.
1. Total land ravaged by wildfires has actually decreased over the last century
Reports of wildfires would have us think they are continually getting worse. We hear statements like “the largest fire in [state’s name here] history.”
But the truth is this: Every year, about 4.5% of the world’s land area would burn, according to the New York Post. Keep in mind that back in 1900, when records started being kept of wildfires, there were no air tankers to drop chemical fire retardants like we have today.
Over the last century, the world’s total annual land area burn declined to roughly 3.2%. Even better, in the past two decades, satellite records show that the decline is even greater – down to only 2.5% in 2021. This is largely due to better firefighting and prevention capabilities.
2. The Great Barrier Reef’s astounding recovery
Report after report has claimed Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is nearly dead. The Guardian in the UK even published an obituary. But in 2022, scientists revealed two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef is showing the highest amount of coral cover ever seen since record-keeping began in 1985.
3. The number of polar bears is actually increasing
Remember Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth? It featured grim images of polar bears. For years, we have been told that climate change is poised to make polar bears extinct. However, their numbers are actually increasing! In the 1960s, polar bear numbers were down somewhere between 5000-10,000. Today, polar bears number around 26,000.
4. Ozone layer crosses another milestone toward recovery
Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum (WTF) drummed up fears about the “new year-round ozone hole,” asking what it meant for life on earth. The WEF said, “scientists are vaguely concerned about a new year-round ozone hole that was discovered above the tropics.” Should we really be alarmed if scientists are only “vaguely concerned?”
But the truth was published this week by The Weather Network, revealing that the ozone layer crossed a significant milestone toward recovery this year. Ozone-depleting chemicals in the stratosphere have dropped by more than half of what’s needed for the ozone layer to fully recover, falling by a heartening 26 percent. The report also stated that the size and duration of the Antarctic ozone hole have mostly stabilized, and the area is slowly recovering.
50 years of failed climate doom predictions
In recent years, predictions of a climate catastrophe have reached a fever pitch. US politicians are pushing for a “Green New Deal” to change the lifestyles of all Americans in an attempt to save the planet. “Green” activists have so embraced this notion that it’s now being called a “green religion.” The world was told several years ago it had until 2030 – the point of no return – to save the planet.
Scientists and so-called experts have been making such doomsday predictions since the 1960s. But the director of the Center for Energy and Environment and a scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute both say the climate alarmists in the scientific and environmental communities are batting 0-41 in their predictions. In other words, they failed to be correct even one time in 50 years.
And with all the talk about global warming and a focus on heat waves, cold is the bigger threat. Europe is facing a shortage of gas for heating with Russia cutting off supplies, and this has people already lining up for wood and coal as alternatives to keep from freezing to death. In the US, 170,000 people die each year from cold compared to about 20,000 people from heat.
