From: Jed Rothwell
As far as I know, most experts believe in global warming, so a consensus
has emerged. But this is not relevant to the discussion. The experts who
believe the weather cycle alone cannot explain the facts are the ones who
would multiply entities. Obviously, the minority of experts who disagree
would *not* multiply entities. If a full consensus emerges it will settle
the issue one way or the other to everyone's satisfaction: entities / no
entities, but that does not change the fact that at present some believe we
have an unanswered problem that requires more parameters (entities).
i suppose that is just the point - if you read both the science and nature
articles you find that each discuss 'correlation' -- they claim a
correlation between a one degree temperature rise in the oceans and
increased storm intensity -- now everyone says this is global warming but
that conclusion is NOT science
yes we have seen higher energy storms that *might* be caused by the
temperature rise that *might* be caused by higher co2 levels -- it might
also be caused by the excessive sunspot activity in recent times -- after
all we are supposed to be in a solar minimum but we had some significant
solar flares just prior to these hurricanes
theres certainly a long term correlation between the sun and weather but
there is also the short term issue for which, again, all experts do not
concur
http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/reid00/reid00.html
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-alex
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