[Cringing Negativism Network]

“could”?

Anything at all, can be stated this way in a headline.

Literally anything.

“Alien spacecraft could land at the Whitehouse next week”.

“China could begin allowing American imports”.

“Obama could resign tomorrow”.

(the last one is my favorite)

[ThunderSleeps]

You're right. They're reporting speculation for one thing, and it is speculation based on iffy (at best) computer models based on tainted/cherry-picked data. (again, that is probably too kind)

This isn't reporting, it is propaganda and manipulation.

[ken21]

yes, it “could” in the minds of k-12 and university screwl students.

/s