Ecologist Serves A Massive Burn To Founder Of AccuWeather After He Tells Her To Get Educated
Australia is currently suffering from devastating bushfires that are spread across the country, consuming an estimated 10.7 million hectares (26 million acres; 107,000 square kilometers; 41,000 square miles) and taking 28 people’s lives as of 8 January 2020. The animal population of Australia is taking hit after hit as millions of animals were either lost to the fires or will most likely perish due to loss of food and habitat. It is currently estimated that over a billion animals were lost to the ongoing 2019–’20 Australian bushfire season.
There have been many claims online being spread alleging that arsons were to blame for the current tragic situation in Australia. And while NSW police say they have charged 24 people with deliberately putting bushes to flame, most of the information related to “arson emergency” is vastly exaggerated.
Assistant Professor of Climate Science, Dr. Jacquelyn Gill recently served a monumental burn on Twitter
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While it’s true that some people have been charged with arson, it is hard to deny that the current bushfire season has not been a consequence of climate change. Ecologist and associate professor Dr. Jacquelyn Gill took to Twitter to explain how climate change affects our environment and how it was a huge factor in the current fires Australia has been experiencing.
She first responded to a tweet about climate change deniers
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Offering an explanation on how wildfires are impacted by climate change
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However, not everyone was buying Gill’s story, one of those, a self-proclaimed “US Weather Expert”, AccuWeather’s senior VP Mike Smith, decided to voice his opinion. The man called Gill’s response “nonsense” and urged her to get educated on the matter. What he did not see coming was Dr. Jacquelyn Gill’s next reply where she proudly stated that she’s actually a professor teaching the very same subject Smith was trying to school her on. Of course, Twitter met such a clash and satisfying finale with thunderous applause (well, many gifs and memes, to be precise).
However, AccuWeather’s Senior Vice President Mike Smith called Gill’s response “nonsense”
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The man even went as far as advising Gill to educate herself on the subject
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However, she had the perfect response, as any professor would, duh!
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One ecologist backed up the fact that scientists predicted the event over a decade ago
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Here’s how people responded to the Twitter exchange
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You can watch Dr. Jacquelyn Gill talk about climate change and her life in the video below
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I find it disturbing that one of the VPs of one of the most trusted meteorology websites in America doesn't understand climate change, or is that just par for the course?
I think it's simply politically motivated global-warming denialism.
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We know what caused the Dust Bowl it was caused by destruction of the grasslands that held the soil together to till the land to produce crops. On a side note Australian officials have charged over 20 people with arson and are investigating more. However, that doesn't mean that climate changes haven't accelerated or made the problem worse.
We have learned that controlled burns of brush, reduce the hot fires that occur when the dried fuel is allowed to build.
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What kind of teenyweenie does he have to give such snotty comebacks? Why do I suspect he still lights his frrts?
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Well, I won't be using Accuweather any more. Why would I trust idiots to forecast the weather for me. And we learned what caused the Dust Bowl when I was in school in the 70's. WTF was he doing?
You probably also learned how the pyramids were built, As for the weather maybe you should find a 16 year old to keep you up to date, probably a more reliable source after all /endsarcasm
Load More Replies... LOL Right on BoredPanda today. https://www.boredpanda.com/house-burns-down-not-flower-garden-australia/ Very simple. Green, damp things burn more slowly than brown, dry things, whether a fire is caused by arson (some were just cigarettes disposed of improperly) or lightning. I can't make it any simpler.
I also love another convo with that guy with a woman with a PhD in that subject who eventually asked him 'Do you even science?' Which endet up as this amazing hashtag. The Internet really can be fun.
If it was kind of predicted, was there truly no action taken to at least try to prevent it?
Exactly what Greta Thunberg keeps asking. Why are we not changing our habits now ?
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That's the last time I ever use accuweather. Trumpster nonsense folks. Business men who think they know everything often know very little...
WTF!? I learned what caused the Dust Bowl when I was in fifth grade! This guy is like Bill O'Reilly (they're probably besties). "Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain it."
BUMPTIOUS Mike Smith gonna mansplain to Dr. Gill. He's a dumb muthrfkkr.
A man using the word mansplain, is there anything more cringe
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Mike's correct, though, despite all the Lefties siding with the obvious wamen professor. The professor only studied Human Ecology, for which she got her PhD, and a short course on palynology (the study of dust), yet she has not studied Meteorology or Climatology, which is required to make an actual educated guess on the impact of Climate Change on the Australian fires. That said, even proper Climatologists are just doing that: making educated guesses. They have no real idea whether Climate Change is affecting the fires, as many previous news articles and people on the ground have confirmed that not only are arsonists to blame for the fires, but also the lack of proper preventative burns, which were stopped by Climate Alarmists and their ilk.
Blaming the fires strictly on climate change is ridiculous - there are around 200 people under investigation for arson in Australia. The reason the continent is on fire is due to terrorism, not climate change. This was an orchestrated attack that is being mislabeled as being caused by 'climate change' because it is not politically correct to place the blame on the real source of the problem.
That is incorrect, only 24 people have been arrested over arson involved in these fires. There are a few reasons as to why it is so devastating and controlled burn offs are one of the reasons but the fact is we have been in a severe drought and our land, grasses and trees are just so dry. We are pretty much a country of tinder. Many of the controlled burning couldn’t go ahead because of dangerous conditions. We have been too dry year round to do most burn offs safely. We have had one of the lowest rainfalls on record. Then we are having dry electrical storms causing lightening, then the arsonists, strong winds, lack of resources, lack of funding, extreme heat, the government waiting too long to get extra help before it got this far. A lot of it comes down to poor land management, emergency funding cuts and climate. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/08/police-contradict-claims-spread-online-exaggerating-arsons-role-in-australian-bushfires
Load More Replies... what does mansplaining mean these days? any time a man tries to explain something to a woman? or when he tries explaining something to a woman and he's wrong?
My understanding is it's when a man tries to explain something to a woman of whom is actually more knowledgeable in the field of discussion.
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Maybe hear from the actual firefighters that have stated THEMSELVES that many of the intended controlled burn offs couldn’t be done due to safety reasons. Stop listening to lies and propaganda.
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Warawk, do you really think that mocking people is the best way to make your point?
Load More Replies... Mike Smith is a glorified weather man. NOT a scientist
Load More Replies... I find it disturbing that one of the VPs of one of the most trusted meteorology websites in America doesn't understand climate change, or is that just par for the course?
I think it's simply politically motivated global-warming denialism.
Load More Replies... We know what caused the Dust Bowl it was caused by destruction of the grasslands that held the soil together to till the land to produce crops. On a side note Australian officials have charged over 20 people with arson and are investigating more. However, that doesn't mean that climate changes haven't accelerated or made the problem worse.
We have learned that controlled burns of brush, reduce the hot fires that occur when the dried fuel is allowed to build.
Load More Replies... What kind of teenyweenie does he have to give such snotty comebacks? Why do I suspect he still lights his frrts?
Load More Replies... Well, I won't be using Accuweather any more. Why would I trust idiots to forecast the weather for me. And we learned what caused the Dust Bowl when I was in school in the 70's. WTF was he doing?
You probably also learned how the pyramids were built, As for the weather maybe you should find a 16 year old to keep you up to date, probably a more reliable source after all /endsarcasm
Load More Replies... LOL Right on BoredPanda today. https://www.boredpanda.com/house-burns-down-not-flower-garden-australia/ Very simple. Green, damp things burn more slowly than brown, dry things, whether a fire is caused by arson (some were just cigarettes disposed of improperly) or lightning. I can't make it any simpler.
I also love another convo with that guy with a woman with a PhD in that subject who eventually asked him 'Do you even science?' Which endet up as this amazing hashtag. The Internet really can be fun.
If it was kind of predicted, was there truly no action taken to at least try to prevent it?
Exactly what Greta Thunberg keeps asking. Why are we not changing our habits now ?
Load More Replies... That's the last time I ever use accuweather. Trumpster nonsense folks. Business men who think they know everything often know very little...
WTF!? I learned what caused the Dust Bowl when I was in fifth grade! This guy is like Bill O'Reilly (they're probably besties). "Tide goes in, tide goes out. You can't explain it."
BUMPTIOUS Mike Smith gonna mansplain to Dr. Gill. He's a dumb muthrfkkr.
A man using the word mansplain, is there anything more cringe
Load More Replies... Mike's correct, though, despite all the Lefties siding with the obvious wamen professor. The professor only studied Human Ecology, for which she got her PhD, and a short course on palynology (the study of dust), yet she has not studied Meteorology or Climatology, which is required to make an actual educated guess on the impact of Climate Change on the Australian fires. That said, even proper Climatologists are just doing that: making educated guesses. They have no real idea whether Climate Change is affecting the fires, as many previous news articles and people on the ground have confirmed that not only are arsonists to blame for the fires, but also the lack of proper preventative burns, which were stopped by Climate Alarmists and their ilk.
Blaming the fires strictly on climate change is ridiculous - there are around 200 people under investigation for arson in Australia. The reason the continent is on fire is due to terrorism, not climate change. This was an orchestrated attack that is being mislabeled as being caused by 'climate change' because it is not politically correct to place the blame on the real source of the problem.
That is incorrect, only 24 people have been arrested over arson involved in these fires. There are a few reasons as to why it is so devastating and controlled burn offs are one of the reasons but the fact is we have been in a severe drought and our land, grasses and trees are just so dry. We are pretty much a country of tinder. Many of the controlled burning couldn’t go ahead because of dangerous conditions. We have been too dry year round to do most burn offs safely. We have had one of the lowest rainfalls on record. Then we are having dry electrical storms causing lightening, then the arsonists, strong winds, lack of resources, lack of funding, extreme heat, the government waiting too long to get extra help before it got this far. A lot of it comes down to poor land management, emergency funding cuts and climate. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/08/police-contradict-claims-spread-online-exaggerating-arsons-role-in-australian-bushfires
Load More Replies... what does mansplaining mean these days? any time a man tries to explain something to a woman? or when he tries explaining something to a woman and he's wrong?
My understanding is it's when a man tries to explain something to a woman of whom is actually more knowledgeable in the field of discussion.
Load More Replies... Maybe hear from the actual firefighters that have stated THEMSELVES that many of the intended controlled burn offs couldn’t be done due to safety reasons. Stop listening to lies and propaganda.
Load More Replies... Warawk, do you really think that mocking people is the best way to make your point?
Load More Replies... Mike Smith is a glorified weather man. NOT a scientist
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