Well it looks like James Hansen is monkeying around with the climate data again to help 1998 regain its "rightful" position as the world's warmest year in modern times. Thanks to Steve McIntyre for watching and catching them on this.

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Interesting article. Two years in a row with bad estimates of our Hurricane season. These predictions have helped to drive insurance rates through the roof in Florida and other gulf and atlantic coastal areas.

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In this essay, I'd like to explain the science in the paper and give my answers to the most often asked questions.

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Climate is a large-scale phenomenon that emerges from complicated interactions among small-scale physical systems.

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Statements often appear in the media about suggesting that more extreme mid-latitude storms will result from global warming. For instance, western Norway was recently battered by an unusually strong storm which triggered many such speculations.

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Extending the instrumental record of climate beyond the late 19th Century when many of the national weather centers were first started is an important, difficult and undervalued task.

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Winter winds circling high above the North Pole drew down near-record amounts of ozone-destroying gases from the upper atmosphere last year, according to a new study.

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Monsoons are critical to India's farmers. If the rains don't come, there can be serious consequences for the country's agriculture-driven economy.

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One of the world's leading climate modelers, Ben SaSanter has long been a target for cocontrariansnd climate skeptics.

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