NOAA: Global Warming Causing Fewer Hurricanes



Now I'm confused. The broad consensus of climatological 'experts', backed by the geniuses in the media and the left, have told us repeatedly that global warming was causing more hurricanes. Now they're telling us it is causing less:

Hurricanes and tropical storms will become less frequent by the end of the century as a result of climate change, US researchers have suggested.
But the scientists added their data also showed that there would be a "modest increase" in the intensity of these extreme weather events.
The findings are at odds with some other studies, which forecast a greater number of hurricanes in a warmer world.
The researchers' results appear in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (Noaa) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) said its findings did not support the notion that human-induced climate change was causing an increase in the number of hurricanes and tropical storms.
"There have been some studies published that have suggested that this is the case, but this modelling study does not support that idea," observed lead author Tom Knutson.
"Rather, we actually simulate a reduction in hurricane frequency in the Atlantic."

But I thought that the warmer temperatures were causing more hurricanes? But wait, temperatures haven't warmed since 1998. But wait, they must be warming because CO2 levels are increasing!

It's a good thing I have chosen economics as my profession rather than climatology. All the mental gymnastic required to become a member of this 'consensus of experts' would give me a brain cramp.