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False, Axios, Atlanta’s Rainfall Increase Isn’t Attributable to Climate Change

Summary by Watts Up With That?

Climate Central continues to push a simplistic narrative that ignores fundamental atmospheric physics, misuses regional data, and omits well-established meteorological processes like UHI and aerosol-induced rainfall. Until outlets like Axios start exercising at least a minimal amount of journalistic investigative curiosity, and scrutinize claims made by climate activists that humans are causing changes to the weather, they’re complicit in spread…

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False, Axios, Atlanta’s Rainfall Increase Isn’t Attributable to Climate Change

False, Axios, Atlanta’s Rainfall Increase Isn’t Attributable to Climate Change By Anthony Watts In its April 7, 2025 article titled Heavier rain is becoming more common in Atlanta, Axios Atlanta claims that “climate change is causing heavier downpours in Atlanta” citing data supplied by Climate Central (CC). This attribution is false. Evidence shows that localized urban […]

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El Debate

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Climate Change Dispatch

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Climate Realism

False, Axios, Atlanta’s Rainfall Increase Isn’t Attributable to Climate Change - ClimateRealism

In its April 7, 2025 article titled Heavier rain is becoming more common in Atlanta, Axios Atlanta claims that “climate change is causing heavier downpours in Atlanta” citing data supplied by Climate Central (CC). This attribution is false. Evidence shows that localized urban factors—not global CO₂ levels—are responsible for the modest increases in rainfall intensity in cities like Atlanta. In their Axios article, writers Kristal Dixon and Alex …

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