Interesting how all the climate change deniers come out of the woodwork whenever stories like these are posted, even though HN leans fairly heavily liberal and extremely heavily scientific the rest of the time.<p>Is the HN population actually like that, or are these people trying to push an agenda and otherwise not participating in the site? Either way, I sure wish we could discuss these things instead of getting bogged down in "it's all nonsense" every time.
>combination of climatic factors and unusual weather.<p>> Summer 2015 was unusually hot and dry relative to the last 20 years<p>So data over last 20 yrs is enough to conclude "changing climate" ?<p>> Middle East becomes more arid in the long term due to climate change<p>This article[1] blames it on ' farmers who pump water from limited underground aquifers '. Is there any proof that middle east is becoming more arid and it due to 'climate change' ?<p>1. <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2013/03/2013322185951567273.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2013/03/2013322185...</a>