Was listening to NPR in the car yesterday and the had a climatologist/meteorologist on to discuss the recent weather and the discussion turned to the upcoming hurricane season. I’m paraphrasing here, but it went like something like this:
Host: The hurricanes have become more severe in the last few years. Is this because of human induced global warming?
Guest: Actually my research shows that there has been no increase in the stregnth of hurricanes since the 40′s when data started to be seriously collected.
Host: But we’re having more hurricanes- certainly thats caused buy human induced global warming.
Guest: Well, there has been an increase in recorded hurricanes since the 50′s, but thats due more to improved monitoring technology than an increase in storm activity.
Host: But surely the increase in ocean temperature, especially in the Atlantic, is causing more and stronger hurricanes.
Guest: Warm water is a component of hurrican formation. However our research shows that warm water is actually a detriment to the development of wind sheer which is required for a hurricane to form. I would estimate that its pretty much a wash.
Host: Lets move on……
Poor guy- he’ll never be asked back with an attitude like that.
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