Experts Refute Claims Linking Deadly Tornadoes to Climate Change

Experts Refute Claims Linking Deadly Tornadoes to Climate Change
The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon distribution center a day after a series of tornadoes struck multiple states, in Edwardsville, Ill., on Dec. 11, 2021. Drone Base/Reuters
Nathan Worcester
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Experts have pushed back against claims that deadly tornadoes that swept through Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee on Dec. 10 and 11 can be clearly linked to manmade climate change.

In an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, professor and climate economist Richard S.J. Tol of the University of Sussex explained why it’s so difficult to connect weather events on the scale of a tornado to shifts in the Earth’s climate.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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