RE: Studies prove link between human activity and extreme weather events
"...it?s high time for the politicking, paranoia, personal attacks, and cheap shots against scientists to end.
It's not going to end any time soon. The opposition is political in nature. They have no way of attacking the science so they have to attack the character of the scientists who are doing the science. Sooner or later the reality of the situation will catch up with enough people that the opponents will fade away and those who continue to cling to their notions will be considered crackpots. I just hope it's not too late for all of us.
David, the "cooling temperatures" meme is one of the mantra's on the denier side. Because 1998, with its exceptional El Nino, is still the hottest year in the HadCRU record (the same CRU of the infamous "climategate" emails) they think it's been cooling since then. Of course the NASA/GISS and NOAA records show 2005 and 2010 are tied for the hottest year on record and based on all of the factors that are coming together 2012 (or possibly 2013) will likely set a new record for global temperature.
