The respected journal Nature joins the fray

A series of studies over the past year or so have shown an increase in the power of hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a strengthening that many storm experts say is tied to rising sea-surface temperatures.

Just two weeks ago, researchers said that most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, a study one researcher said "closes the loop" between climate change and powerful storms like Katrina.

Climatology is a tough science because it takes so long to detect meaningful temperature variation. However, based on last year alone, I don't there is enough data linking hurricaines and climate change. And if the two were really linked, what about this year? There were very few hurricanes that even made it to land. But again, we need to see a large amount of data before making conclusions.