In response to the Climate Science weblog
Hurricanes And Global Warming - A Scientific Disconnect
the website Desmogblog.com published an attack titled “Roger Pielke Sr. Attacks Messenger, Injures Self“. This ad hominem Desmog weblog is a clear example of the bias that has permeated the climate science issue. The article fails to comment on the science that is presented [which implicitly means the perspective presented by Climate Science on this issue is correct].
If the Desmogblog were interested in the science, it would present counter arguments to the statements they quote from Climate Science; i.e.
- Hurricanes respond to their immediate environment, not a global average increase in heat!
- The focusing on global warming as the reason for any hurricane (or making it more likely to occur or become more intense) ignores that natural variations are not only more important than indicated by the AP news story, but also that the human influence involves a diverse range of first-order climate forcings, including, but not limited global warming [which, of course, has not occurred since at least mid-2004!].
Except for erroneously claiming that the last 10 years included the warmest nine in recorded history [which is easy to refute with data; see Figure 7], the DeSmog weblog is nothing more than the continuation of personal attacks at those who seek to broaden the discussion of the role of humans within the climate system. Hopefully, DeSmog will take this opportunity to present coherent, scientifically defensible comments on the weblog presented at Climate Science.