It was bad enough when some researchers started to use “data” to describe “(numerical) model output” a few years ago; now some scientists are saying “(numerical) projections are becoming observations…”

Thank goodness, I don’t have to listen to such abuse of English words at a conference anymore! 

Human-Caused Global Warming Behind RecordHot Australian Summer

A new study links the 2012 heat waves Down Under to the greenhousegas emissions causing climate change

By Stephanie PaigeOgburn and ClimateWire

The study "shows without a doubt that the projections of climate scientists a few decades ago that the risk of extreme heat would increase are now becoming the reality. The projections are becoming observations," hesaid.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=human-caused-global-warming-behind-record-hot-australian-summer