Everyone from atmosphere experts to Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore warn that global warming eventually will spawn super-strong storms. The warmer the oceans, the more powerful the hurricanes, they say.
But a couple of noted scientists are throwing cold water on that concept.
They have found that as the Atlantic basin becomes hotter, hurricane intensity likely won't increase — and might even deflate somewhat. The reason: The ocean's heat acts to stabilize the upper atmosphere, which, in turn, hurts a storm's ability to build.
"When you warm the upper atmosphere, you make storm formation less efficient," said Gabriel Vecchi, a research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Another chink in the armament of those pressing the Global Warming dogma. There has been so much hype over this issue that it’s getting ridiculous. Hyperbole abounds as one claim and/or dire prediction follows the other. However, one thing remains constant: the longer it takes to implement the “needed and necessary action to save the world” the more we are finding that contradicts the claims and predictions.
They found that natural factors, such as El Niño and wind patterns, had a greater influence on boosting storm intensity than global warming resulting from human activity.
"Even though we know oceans will warm, that doesn't mean hurricanes will intensify over the next 50 to 100 years," Soden, of UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, said.
That assertion doesn't exactly wash with a large segment of the scientific community, as a growing number of studies hold that global warming is steadily increasing the intensity, duration and number of tropical systems.
You mean there’s some disagreement in the science community?
The boy who cried wolf was an alarmist. Eventually it lead to his demise when the real thing showed up.
To spread hysteria about Global Warming (and I think it may be happening but it is certainly not man's fault, nor can he do a whole hell of a lot about it) is nothing short of criminal.
Are there things we should be doing about the environment and our energy consumption? You bet there are!
Will they get done because someone or some body jumps upon a soap box and starts preaching about what should be done or passes laws and regulations with unrealistic numbers to be met in incredibly short periods of time? Not bloody likely.
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