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2 <br /> Carbon dioxide has infrared emission spectra and thus acts to warm the planet. <br /> Humans have been adding CO2 to the atmosphere by the emissions from burning of <br /> fossil fuels.' <br /> BUT.... <br /> 1. De2ree of human influence on climate is not settled, however 4, despite dire <br /> pronouncements prematurely posted(a)by a highly controlled media owned by agenda- <br /> driven, vastly reduced (concentrated) ownership and(b) by editors of journals who curate <br /> publications to favor only those studies expressing one particular viewpoint. <br /> Judith Curry's five minutes of testimony to Commerce/Science/Transportation <br /> subcommittee re SR253 — <br /> https://x.com/TakingoutTrash7/status/1682911250437611521 <br /> This restriction on information via"official channels" is why a scientist who co-authored <br /> the Hurricane Katrina study that was a major accelerant for the Climate Change <br /> movement in 2005 now suggests publishing online, bypassing those journal-gatekeepers. <br /> Publishing online allows for much broader peer review, often far superior in depth of <br /> analysis and more nuanced observations, along with much greater transparency regarding <br /> data sets and methodology. <br /> "Science is a process of continuously evaluating the evidence, challenging our <br /> assumptions, and critically reassessing our conclusions, rather than a collective of <br /> decreed truths."Dr. Judith Curry <br /> Rather than dismiss critics of her Hurricane Katrina study, which the Climate Change <br /> community adored, Prof. Judith Curry took a deeper look at their criticisms and published <br /> a thoughtful review entitled"Mixing Politics and Science in Testing the Hypothesis <br /> That Greenhouse Warming Is Causing a Global Increase in Hurricane Intensity."' <br /> 'hLtps://www.youtube.com/results?search guea=stem-talk+podcast+ihmc+Judith+curry <br /> 4 https://youtu.be/_2Bw52FjYi4 <br /> s https://joumals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/87/8/bams-87-8-1025.xml <br /> The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active and costly season on record.Recent publications <br /> linking an increase in hurricane intensity to increasing tropical sea surface temperatures have fueled the <br /> debate on whether or not global warming is causing an increase in hurricane intensity.Because of the <br /> substantial implications of the hurricane—global warming issue for society and the immediate policy <br /> relevance associated with decision making related to Hurricane Katrina,attacks and rebuttals related to this <br /> research are being made in the media and on the World Wide Web without the rigor or accountability <br /> expected of scientific discourse.In this paper,we aim to promote a balanced and thoughtful examination of <br /> this subject by <br /> • clarifying the debate surrounding the subject as to whether or not global warming is causing an <br /> increase in global hurricane intensity, <br /> • illustrating a methodology of hypothesis testing to address multiple criticisms of a complex <br /> hypothesis that involves a causal chain,and <br /> • providing a case study of the impact of politics,the media,and the World Wide Web on the <br /> scientific process. <br />