Hurricane scientist Phil Klotzbach, quoted in the Houston Chronicle, says, “Honestly, I don’t think anyone’s changed their mind…To me, this looks like the same people saying the same thing over and over again.” Another top hurricane researcher, Chris Landsea, says, “I agree with the paper’s conclusion that the warming trend in the tropical oceans is likely due, at least in part, to greenhouse gases…But this paper certainly isn’t the ‘key link’ between hurricanes and climate change. Its focus is on something that I thought was settled quite some time ago.”

Roger Pielke Jr has an objective analysis of what’s going on here.