--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As for the connection of Katrina to global warming, I think that > > advocates of doing something about global warming do themselves no > > favors by making such arguments. After all, these arguments connecting > > specific weather incidents to climate change are very vulnerable to > > being counterpointed by the next unseasonable cold snap or snowstorm. > > For example, we're having a very quiet hurricane season so far this year > > - if this trend holds up, will that be any sort of argument that global > > warming is under control? And if not, then the same must be said for > > Katrina.... > > The effect warming has is on the intensity of the storms, not their > frequency. While it can be argued that the recent pattern of intense > storms is not a result of warming; that it is part of a natural cycle, the > facts are that 1) warming increases ocean temperatures and 2) hurricanes > are fueled by warm water. It really isn't much of a stretch to assume > that warming _will_ cause higher intensity storms.
I guess that I don't understand why it is invalid to also assume that warming will increase ocean temperatures, and so increase the number of storms. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
