As I've mentioned before, my big Hot Button Issue is science being trumped by ideology.
Well it's happening again: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060926/ap_on_sc/hurricane_report_4
The journal Nature is reporting that the White House has blocked a report by NOAA that was to have said that many NOAA scientists think that hurricanes may be increasing in strength and number due to higher ocean temps; higher temps that may be caused by global warming.
This is not a big leap, nor even a big point of contention in the global warming debate, it all sounds fairly conditional, not unusual for a science piece. Got squelched nonetheless :p
For a solid and objective look at global warming and hurricanes, as well as a great discusiion of the inherent problems associated with reporting on this issue, click here
posted by quash @ 7:03 PM
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