WASHINGTON - Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.(article continued)
Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall, research meteorologist Tom Knutson reported in a study released
Sunday.
In the past, Knutson has raised concerns about the effects of climate change on storms. His new paper has the potential to heat up a simmering debate among meteorologists about current and future effects of global warming in the Atlantic.
Ever since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, hurricanes have often been seen as a symbol of global warming's wrath. Many climate change experts have tied the rise of hurricanes in recent years to
global warming and hotter waters that fuel them.
Another group of experts, those who study hurricanes and who are more often skeptical about global warming, say there is no link. They attribute the recent increase to a natural multi-decade
cycle.
Dr William Gray was the nations preeminent expert on hurricanes until he expressed his doubts concerning anthropomorphic global warming. He was shuffled aside and a younger protégé who was willing to buy into the global warming scam took his place.
Any bets on how long Knutson lasts before anouncing his "retirement"? Or perhaps, as his study is on his homepage hosted by the NOAA cooler heads will prevail (NPI).
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