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U.S. Cold Snap Inspires Climate Change Denial, While Scientists See Little Room for Doubt

U.S. Cold Snap Inspires Climate Change Denial, While Scientists See Little Room for Doubt

by The Daily Eye Team January 10 2014, 12:48 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 34 secs

Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero on Monday in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago. But climate scientists say the weather does not invalidate prevailing climate models, and one says that reactions to this week’s polar vortex suggest that “people have forgotten what cold is like.”

Over the past few days, some parts of the Midwest dipped to nearly -40°F (-40°C)—with windchill, -60°F (-51°C)—and states as far south as Alabama and Georgia experienced colder temperatures than they’ve had in years. More than 20 deaths have been reported as a result.

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OP Srivastava is a career banker. His first feature documentary, Life in Metaphors, won the National Award for Best Biopic in 2015. In 2019, his first book, Life in Metaphors: Portraits of Girish Kasaravalli, was released. Followed by Banking on Technology (2020), Krishna Calling (2021) and Pillars of Parallel Cinema in April, 2022. He also runs a not-for-profit initiative, ‘Oorjaa’, for making and propagating ‘Cinema for a Cause’. In February 2023, he completed a fiction film ‘Banwari Ki Amma’, which was written, directed and produced by him.


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