Science magazine was, of course, where Dr. Hwang published his fradulent claims. Now it seems that Donald Kennedy, editor of the magazine, has decided that science is irrelevant to his preferred policy options. In this week’s editorial he opines that we should not call Hurricane Katrina even a natural disaster, never mind an Act of God:

“As Katrina and two other hurricanes crossed the warm Gulf of Mexico, we watched them gain dramatically in strength. . . We know with confidence what has made the Gulf and other oceans warmer than they had been before: the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human industrial activity, to which the United States has been a major contributor.”

This is a profoundly unscientific attempt to blame Katrina on global warming. No reputable hurricane researcher has made that claim. Kerry Emanuel, who is the author of the main study alarmists rely on to make the case that global warming is increasing hurricane intensity, has decscribed such a position as absurd. Roger Pielke Jr of the University of Colorado has the full story.

Kennedy’s position is surely becoming untenable. Nature isn’t immune from this sort of thing either.