Thomas Kurz: “Why Warm Climates Moderate Severe Weather” | Tom Nelson Pod #444

Tom Kurz promotes his book Why There Is No Climate Crisis, and argues media and politicians wrongly claim warming increases weather catastrophes. He attributes major climate swings to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and cites satellite-era hurricane data showing fewer hurricanes since 1990, with ACE and PDI declining and no meaningful trend in Category 4–5 storms. He says strong (EF2–EF5) U.S. tornadoes have declined since 1954, while weaker tornado counts rose due to better detection. Paleoclimate evidence (ice cores, dune sands, historical records) is cited to link colder periods to worse storms and droughts. He argues Arctic amplification and upper-troposphere warming weaken storm drivers, claims heatwaves/wildfires track natural cycles, droughts decline, greening and crop yields rise, climate- and famine-deaths fall, and IPCC finds no clear global flood trend.

00:00 Intro and Guest

00:39 Media Fear Claims

02:33 AMO Climate Cycles

07:27 Hurricane Trends Data

11:24 Tornado Strength Decline

14:52 Paleoclimate Storm Evidence

18:57 Why Warming Weakens Storms

26:02 Deaths Down With Warming

27:18 Heatwaves and Metrics

33:15 Wildfires and Greening

38:22 Drought History and Famine

46:13 Floods and Final Summary

48:20 Book Plug and Q&A Wrap

“Why There is No Climate Crisis: The Surprising Evidence You Should Know”: https://a.co/d/05rKxsYU

https://www.whynoclimatecrisis.com/

Email: info@WhyNoClimateCrisis.com

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