Augusta Chronicle’s Climate Myth: Invasive Species in Georgia Not Driven by Warming

Augusta Chronicle’s Climate Myth: Invasive Species in Georgia Not Driven by Warming

So, since neither temperature, precipitation, drought, nor hurricane trends have changed much in Georgia, contrary to the Augusta Chronicle’s slant a “changing climate” can’t be behind any perceived or observed increase in the spread of invasive species. To the extent that invasive species are thriving or spreading, it is due entirely to same conditions or factors that made their growth here possible in the first place, human introduction, plant…

Wrong, Augusta Chronicle, Spread of Invasive Species in Georgia Isn’t Due to Climate Change - ClimateRealism

The August Chronicle published an article claiming climate change was causing the spread of invasive plant species. This is false. Data from Georgia does not show climactic changes, whether in temperatures or extreme weather, that would make the state more suitable than it already is for invasive plant species, which have, in fact, long been established there. The author of the August Chronicle story, “Symptoms of climate change in Southeast fue…

Augusta Chronicle’s Climate-Invasive Species Claim Refuted By Georgia Data

Georgia data shows climate change isn’t boosting invasive plants over native species, debunking Augusta Chronicle’s false claims.