Gov’t Scientist vs. Gov’t Scientist: Hansen’s new study rebuked by Martin P. Hoerling of NOAA: ‘This isn’t a serious science paper. It’s mainly about perception…Perception is not a science’
NYT: 'Hoerling has published research suggesting that the 2010 Russian heat wave was largely a consequence of natural climate variability, and a forthcoming study he carried out on the Texas drought of 2011 also says natural factors were the main cause. Dr. Hoerling contended that Dr. Hansen's new paper confuses drought, caused primarily by a lack of rainfall, with heat waves'