Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him

[glatt]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

so it's getting warmer, so what? Is that a bad thing?

Originally Posted by glatt

Global warming = severe local weather more often. Can we deal with a Katrina sized storm every couple years? ....

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I suppose you have evidence that these things are caused by global warming..... even though they have all happened before... many times.

There is a clear causal correlation between the temperature of the Atlantic Ocean's surface and the hurricane activity for that season. There are also clear causal correlations between the Pacific Ocean's surface temperatures and storms in California and elsewhere. (El Nino and La Nina.) As the Earth gets warmer, the oceans will get warmer. We already know that warmer oceans mean more hurricanes. Is it such a stretch to say that warmer oceans will have a major impact on the weather?

Sure, we don't know the extent of man's responsibility for global warming. We don't know if we can reverse the trend. But I think we can say that global warming (1) exists and (2) is bad. Those are two points that I think can be put into the category of "settled." There's still plenty to argue about.