{"id":428336,"date":"2026-02-27T10:15:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428336"},"modified":"2026-02-27T10:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:15:44","slug":"sorry-the-guardian-and-other-media-outlets-climate-change-isnt-causing-unusual-storms-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=428336","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, The Guardian and Other Media Outlets, Climate Change Isn\u2019t Causing Unusual Storms in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"410\" data-attachment-id=\"428342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=428342\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/awatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"580\" data-attachment-id=\"428338\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=428338\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?fit=1123%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1123,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?fit=723%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?resize=723%2C580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?resize=1024%2C821&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?resize=768%2C615&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?resize=640%2C513&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-431.png?w=1123&amp;ssl=1 1123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In&nbsp;<em>The Guardian&nbsp;<\/em>article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/feb\/21\/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cUnder water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;Ajit Niranjan claims that Europe\u2019s recent winter storms and flooding signal a worsening climate crisis driven by global heating. This is false. Severe winter storms and flooding in Europe are not new, nor does the long-term observational record show increasing severity or frequency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;describes Europe\u2019s \u201cnew reality: under water in winter, withered in summer,\u201d linking named storms and heavy rainfall to climate change. Other media outlets, such as, the Democratic Underground post&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/1127187855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cEurope Today: Drowning In Winter, Withering In Summer And Clueless On Scale And Impact Of Impending Climate Collapse\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and Azat TV,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/europe-climate-crisis-winter-storms-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cEurope Grapples With Climate Crisis Amidst Relentless Winter Storms\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;make similar claims, asserting that unprecedented rainfall and jet stream shifts are producing a new era of escalating floods. Azat TV calls the storms \u201cunprecedented,\u201d while Democratic Underground frames skepticism as denial of obvious collapse. Yet Europe has endured destructive winter storms and catastrophic flooding for millennia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As documented in the U.K Met Office\u2019s historical review of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/learn-about\/weather\/case-studies\/great-storm-1953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great North Sea Flood of 1953<\/a>, which struck the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom, killed more than 2,000 people, remaining one of the most devastating coastal flood events in modern European history. Likewise, the 1962 North Sea flood that devastated Hamburg, inundating roughly one-fifth of the city and killing more than 300 people, is detailed in the German Federal Agency for Civic Education\u2019s historical account of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpb.de\/themen\/deutschlandarchiv\/150114\/die-sturmflut-von-1962\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1962 Hamburg storm surge catastrophe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More recently, the August 2002 Central European floods, caused by extreme rainfall across the Elbe and Danube basins, led to 232 fatalities and massive economic damage across multiple countries, as summarized in the European Environment Agency\u2019s assessment of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/data-and-maps\/indicators\/flood-damage-in-europe\/assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">major European flood events<\/a>. Similarly, the May\u2013June 2013 Central European floods produced widespread river flooding across Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, with documented fatalities and extensive infrastructure damage, detailed in the European Commission Joint Research Centre\u2019s technical analysis of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC83090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2013 Central European floods<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Ancient+European+flood+history&amp;sca_esv=b37662d1f151e88a&amp;rlz=1C1RXMK_enUS1033US1033&amp;sxsrf=ANbL-n65HG4YhP0-WU3yo2ergltJe9qqWA%3A1771875091512&amp;ei=E6ucaf78Hse1qtsP6KHr-QM&amp;biw=1279&amp;bih=549&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi-0qmLrfCSAxXHmmoFHejQOj8Q4dUDegQIBRAN&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Ancient+European+flood+history&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiHkFuY2llbnQgRXVyb3BlYW4gZmxvb2QgaGlzdG9yeTIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRirAjIFECEYqwJIkjVQvg1Yth1wAngBkAEAmAF6oAG7BqoBAzguMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCC6AC7wbCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIHECMYsAIYJ8ICBRAAGO8FwgIIEAAYgAQYogTCAgoQIRgKGKABGMMEmAMAiAYBkAYIkgcDOC4zoAfFH7IHAzYuM7gH5QbCBwUxLjYuNMgHH4AIAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-serp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European continent was prone to flooding<\/a>&nbsp;long before the modern map of Europe, with its current defined national borders, existed. Massive floods struck Europe repeatedly hundreds and even thousands of years in the past, centuries before large carbon dioxide increases. This demonstrates that deadly floods across Europe were common historically, contrary to the present-day climate narratives of the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When evaluating claims of escalating climate-driven flooding, long-term measurement matters more than dramatic phrasing. According to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/assessment-report\/ar6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)<\/a>, there is&nbsp;<em>low confidence in global-scale increases in river flood magnitude and frequency<\/em>. Observed flood trends vary considerably by region, but IPCC AR6 does not support claims of a uniform European-wide escalation in flooding severity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, long-term precipitation and flooding data summarized at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-floods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Climate at a Glance<\/em>&nbsp;Flooding page<\/a>&nbsp;show substantial variability but no consistent global increase in flood frequency once reporting improvements and land-use changes are considered. Analyses compiled at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/category\/extreme-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Climate Realism\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>coverage of extreme weather trends<\/a>&nbsp;likewise document that flood severity and frequency remain highly regional and episodic rather than steadily intensifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;and Azat TV attribute recent storms to jet stream shifts and warmer air holding more moisture. While the \u201cwarmer air holds more moisture physical relationship\u201d is well understood, data do not demonstrate an accelerating trend in destructive floods due to a warmer atmosphere. The relevant question is whether Europe\u2019s flood history shows a clear, consistent upward trajectory in frequency or intensity over decades. It does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urbanization and land-use change have played major roles in flood intensity. When&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssl.noaa.gov\/education\/svrwx101\/floods\/#:~:text=The%20construction%20of%20buildings%2C%20highways,increases%20the%20flash%20flood%20potential.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">floodplains are paved, runoff increases<\/a>. When development&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2020EF001795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expands into vulnerable basins, reported damages rise<\/a>. When populations grow, economic losses rise due to increased density. These are infrastructure and planning issues that are far more impactful than meteorological ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weather&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.preventionweb.net\/news\/cloud-clustering-causes-more-extreme-rain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tends to happen in clusters<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-weather-vs-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate is measured over 30-year baselines<\/a>. A single stormy season does not establish a continental climatic trend. Furthermore, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hess.copernicus.org\/articles\/24\/1805\/2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comprehensive observational analysis of flood discharges across thousands of European gauging sites<\/a>&nbsp;found&nbsp;<em>mixed trends<\/em>&nbsp;over decades, with some basins showing increases and others decreases, not a consistent upward trend in large flood events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of this diminishes the tragedy of lives lost in Spain or Portugal, nor does it argue against sensible flood preparedness. River management, drainage infrastructure, land-use policy, and early warning systems save lives. But attributing every severe event to anthropogenic climate change leads to a misdirection of resources and flawed planning. Ending fossil fuel use won\u2019t prevent or mitigate floods, but it will make populations poorer and more vulnerable to future extreme weather events, be they hurricanes, droughts, or flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em>&nbsp;and other media outlets present a season of storms as evidence of accelerating climate collapse. The historical and observational record shows recurring variability, not unprecedented climate-driven escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not denial. It is context. And without context, climate journalism ceases to be \u201cjournalism,\u201d instead becoming alarmist storytelling presented as scientific fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The Guardian article \u201cUnder water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?\u201d Ajit Niranjan claims that Europe\u2019s recent winter storms and flooding signal a worsening climate crisis driven by global heating. This is false. 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