Comments on: The Cherry Pick http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4086 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Benny Peiser http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4086&cpage=1#comment-7958 Benny Peiser Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:55:34 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4086#comment-7958 Hmm. I am wonder whether Tim may have a point. Could it be that the IPCC has cherry-picked one side in the hurricane/warming brouhaha? Or is Seth Bornestein perhaps just playing politics? I guess we'll have to wait and see. But if his story below turns out to be true, the IPCC would find itself in even worse trouble than it had to face as a result of the "hockey stick" shenanigans. ----------- Warming Linked to Stronger Hurricanes By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press Thursday, February 1, 2007; 9:20 AM PARIS -- Global warming has made stronger hurricanes, including those in the Atlantic such as Katrina, an authoritative panel on climate change has concluded for the first time, participants in the deliberations said Thursday. During marathon meetings in Paris, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change approved language that said an increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength since 1970 "more likely than not" can be attributed to man-made global warming, according to Leonard Fields of Barbados and Cedric Nelom of Surinam. ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020100691.html Hmm. I am wonder whether Tim may have a point. Could it be that the IPCC has cherry-picked one side in the hurricane/warming brouhaha?

Or is Seth Bornestein perhaps just playing politics? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

But if his story below turns out to be true, the IPCC would find itself in even worse trouble than it had to face as a result of the “hockey stick” shenanigans.

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Warming Linked to Stronger Hurricanes

By SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
Thursday, February 1, 2007; 9:20 AM

PARIS — Global warming has made stronger hurricanes, including those in the Atlantic such as Katrina, an authoritative panel on climate change has concluded for the first time, participants in the deliberations said Thursday.

During marathon meetings in Paris, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change approved language that said an increase in hurricane and tropical cyclone strength since 1970 “more likely than not” can be attributed to man-made global warming, according to Leonard Fields of Barbados and Cedric Nelom of Surinam. …

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020100691.html

]]> By: Tim Clear http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=4086&cpage=1#comment-7957 Tim Clear Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:10:23 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=4086#comment-7957 Considering the hundreds of thousands of "global warming" peer reviewed works, it's easy to find many, many, supporting one's personal position. The politicians at the IPCC will be doing it this week! Considering the hundreds of thousands of “global warming” peer reviewed works, it’s easy to find many, many, supporting one’s personal position. The politicians at the IPCC will be doing it this week!

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