claim: If global warming caused the 2014 Queensland heat wave, why wasn’t it as severe as the 1972 Queensland heat wave?”
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change in Australia:205
evidences.article: Climate change in Australia
evidences.evidence: Global warming could lead to substantial alterations in climate extremes, such as tropical cyclones, heat waves and severe precipitation events.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Climate change in Australia:99
evidences.article: Climate change in Australia
evidences.evidence: By 2014, another report revealed that, due to the change in climatic patterns, the heat waves were found to be increasingly more frequent and severe, with an earlier start to the season and longer duration.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: El Niño:13
evidences.article: El Niño
evidences.evidence: However, over time the term has evolved and now refers to the warm and negative phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and is the warming of the ocean surface or above-average sea surface temperatures in either the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:156
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: Since the 1950s, droughts and heat waves have appeared simultaneously with increasing frequency.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES
evidences.evidence_id: Global warming:9
evidences.article: Global warming
evidences.evidence: The effects of global warming include rising sea levels, regional changes in precipitation, more frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, and expansion of deserts.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO