Elon Musk’s Grok makes use of local weather change stats to clarify Karoline Leavitt’s put up about Texas floods | EUROtoday

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Grok, Elon Musk’s synthetic intelligence bot on X, summarized a put up from the White House Press Secretary concerning the devastating Texas floods, offering data on how world warming will increase the probability of maximum climate.

On Saturday, Karoline Leavitt re-posted a Truth Social message from President Donald Trump acknowledging the extraordinary flooding that has killed a minimum of 32 individuals and informing the general public that the administration is working with native Texas officers to help.

When requested to summarize the put up, Grok mentioned Trump was referencing the tragic July 4 flooding occasion in Texas however then offered some background data on how local weather change is making flooding worse.

“Climate models from the IPCC and NOAA suggest that ignoring climate change could intensify such flooding events in Texas, as warmer air holds more moisture, with peer-reviewed studies (e.g., Trenberth et al., 2018) indicating a 7% increase in atmospheric water vapor per 1°C warming, potentially exacerbating future disasters,” Grok summarized.

Since January, the Trump administration has drastically rolled again local weather laws, reduce analysis funding, and basically eradicated local weather applications.

Grok cited climate change statistics while summarizing a post from Karoline Leavitt on X

Grok cited local weather change statistics whereas summarizing a put up from Karoline Leavitt on X (Getty Images)

Trump has known as local weather change a “hoax” and downplayed considerations about extreme climate changing into extra widespread and lethal regardless of science displaying in any other case.

The administration has made cuts to the National Weather Service, the federal government company chargeable for monitoring climate occasions, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the company tasked with coordinating catastrophe response and administering restoration efforts.

Both NWS and FEMA play main roles in warning individuals of inclement climate, coordinating a response, and delivering reduction to these in want. Yet, Trump has characterised FEMA as an pointless federal useful resource intervening in state-level points.

“A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor,” Trump mentioned final month.

Dozens of people died in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend after devastating flooding took officials by surprise

Dozens of individuals died in Texas over the Fourth of July weekend after devastating flooding took officers unexpectedly (Eric Vryn/Getty Images)

The administration additionally made cuts to the NWS, which led to the departure of practically 600 staff – a whole lot of whom are essential in monitoring climate and issuing warnings to residents. While the company is hiring new workers to “stabilize” itself, former NWS administrators warned that chopping workers may understaff places of work a lot in order that “there will be a needless loss of life.”

Further cuts to applications that monitor local weather and climate patterns, such because the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which produces congressionally mandated reviews on how local weather change is affecting life, may hinder preparations for excessive climate.

Texas officers mentioned, over the weekend, they had been unprepared for the quantity of rain that flooded close by rivers and created deadly flash flooding in a single day.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/grok-karoline-leavitt-texas-floods-b2783351.html