Superstorm Threat Dissipates

"There is no evidence for a strong increase in hurricane activity in the Atlantic over the next century due to global warming."

Just three days after European scientists questioned the profile of Kilimanjaro in the climate change debate, American researchers have concluded that increases in vertical wind sheer – differences between the upper and lower levels of the atmosphere in wind direction and speed – caused by climate change could counter-balance the effects of warming waters.

Based on an examination of eighteen different climate models, although contrary to recent claims that warmer waters result in an increase in hurricane intensity and frequency, this finding in fact confirms what hurricane forecasters have long known about vertical wind shear and its dampening effects on tropical storm formation and intensification.

Good science really doesn't make for good television or political posturing though, does it?