Global Warming Link to Hurricane Intensity Questioned

Actually, no. And all this study states, per the lead author, is that in their opinions the previous study stating that hurricane strength is increasing was based on possibly flawed data. Essentially, Landsea is just stating that the database on hurricane intensity is flawed and the data needs to be corrected somehow to make a more positive statement.

No doubt, this will be spun out of control by those who routinely grasp at straws, irregardless of what the paper actually says. Landsea and co-authors conclude that the link between hurricane strength and global warming is likely just not as large as was determined by two previous papers (ref: page two, paragraphs two through four). Sadly, this will be misconstrued to mean that global warming isn't happening at all, that mankind isn't causing it, and that hurricanes are on some cyclical pattern. The paper doesn't say or support any of that, but since when did that stop pundits?

I always find it odd that supporters of science have a huge stack of small pieces of evidence that add up to be a very solid case, many points independent of one another but that help to complete the picture. The nay-sayers find one shred of evidence they believe supports their argument, take it completely out of context, and believe that it makes their argument gospel. I trust Landsea's research as much as any other accomplished climatologist. The very fact that he (and his co-authors) seems to be so cautionary in what he concludes gives a great deal of that confidence.