WASHINGTON - Global warming isn't to blame for the recent jump in hurricanes in the Atlantic, concludes a study by a prominent federal scientist whose position has shifted on the subject.

Not only that, warmer temperatures will actually reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall, research meteorologist Tom Knutson reported in a study released Sunday.

In the past, Knutson has raised concerns about the effects of climate change on storms. His new paper has the potential to heat up a simmering debate among meteorologists about current and future effects of global warming in the Atlantic.

Ever since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, hurricanes have often been seen as a symbol of global warming's wrath. Many climate change experts have tied the rise of hurricanes in recent years to global warming and hotter waters that fuel them.

Another group of experts, those who study hurricanes and who are more often skeptical about global warming, say there is no link. They attribute the recent increase to a natural multi-decade cycle.

Read more...

What are your thoughts about it?

my thoughts are nobody has a clue. They change there mind every year so what do you believe.

My thought is that hurricanes are cyclical and this one co-incides with a global warming period. If global warming was the cause of hurricanes then each year would have more hurricanes than the past one. There are so many variablles in canes from year to year so that's why you need to view them over decades to see their true cyclical nature. One thing though - I do think global warming is making more storms stronger than the past but I also think technology is giving us a greater ability to measure storms today and also to count more storms than we did in the past.

this global warming stuff is getting out of control its not even funny anymore on how much crap they say now.