How many times post-Katrina have we heard that Global Warming was the reason for an increase in both the frequency and ferocity of hurricanes? The “scientific consensus” that people like Al Gore point to to stifle honest debate was absolutely certain about this phenomenon.
National Geographic News
Hurricanes Have Doubled Due to Global Warming, Study Says
The increases coincide closely with rises in sea surface temperatures in the eastern Atlantic tropics. Previous studies have attributed these rises to human emissions of greenhouse gases. The study also shows that the proportion of major hurricanes to less intense hurricanes has sharply increased in recent years, which agrees with earlier studies showing an increase in stronger storms.
AP
Study: Global Warming Making Hurricanes Stronger
Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New research suggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and “alarming” because they suggest global warming is influencing storms now — rather than in the distant future.
But a new study in the journal Nature found that hurricanes and typhoons have become stronger and longer-lasting over the past 30 years. These upswings correlate with a rise in sea surface temperatures.
Boston Globe: Katrina’s real name
By Ross Gelbspan | August 30, 2005
THE HURRICANE that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming.
Al Gore likes to say that the debate about Global Warming is over. But is it? Check out this new study that contradicts everything the “consensus” has been telling us about the role of Global Warming and hurricanes,
Global warming reducing hurricanes in U.S., report says
MIAMI — Intensifying one of the hottest debates in science, a new report concludes that global warming is diminishing the number of hurricanes that strike Florida and the rest of the United States.
The study found that the planet’s oceans have been warming for more than a century. No surprise there, but this may be: Those warmer oceans are producing stronger crosswinds that tend to suppress the development and growth of hurricanes, the scientists said.
The bottom line here is that we just don’t know. Scientific consensus is like fashion, it changes over time. Thirty years ago Newsweek was warning us about the “scientific consensus” around Global COOLING,
Newsweek
The Cooling World
April 28, 1975
To scientists, these seemingly disparate incidents represent the advance signs of fundamental changes in the world’s weather. The central fact is that after three quarters of a century of extraordinarily mild conditions, the earth’s climate seems to be cooling down. Meteorologists disagree about the cause and extent of the cooling trend, as well as over its specific impact on local weather conditions. But they are almost unanimous in the view that the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century. If the climatic change is as profound as some of the pessimists fear, the resulting famines could be catastrophic.
Does this prove anything about Global Warming and its potential impact on hurricanes? Absolutely not. What it does prove is that the debate is far from over. As I have said before, the debate is just beginning.
It just shows, once again, how despicable people like Al Gore and Ellen Goodman are for trying to stifle debate through intimidation, insults and innuendo.