That's not what he says, total mischaracterization.You claimed weather disasters are getting worse due to climate change.
Do you deny making this claim?
Roger Pielke says there is no evidence to support this
Pielke Jr (not to be confused with Sr) argues poorly that attribution is low for some types of extreme weather events.
Pielke Jr has a phd in political science, not in climatology or science.
Pielke tries to argue that the costs of damages from hurricanes has risen only because property prices have risen, despite new buildings going up with more stringent hurricane proof building codes.
Fivethirtyeight published Pielke Jr when they were first starting out but they had to apologize for posting the article after errors in Pielke's work was noted. After all, 538 is supposed to be good stats/good math. Posting shoddy work is against their mandate.
FiveThirtyEight Apologizes On Behalf Of Controversial Climate Science Writer
FiveThirtyEight Apologizes On Behalf Of Controversial Climate Science Writer
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