Chris Mooney is a visiting associate in the 
I've just done an entry at the Huffington Post discussing this subject. Short version: It's complicated (what else is new?), but we have every reason to be worried.
Here's Dean over land, now weakened down to Category 3 but still maintaining some semblance of an eye for the moment:
P.S.: Welcome Andrew Sullivan readers...Sheril and I hope you'll stay a while here at "The Intersection"! And for a more in depth treatment of the subject matter, in addition to the link above see my book, Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming.
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Chris-
Found you through Andrew's site, and absolutlely love your site. You and I are exactly on the same page. Will be buying "Storm World" immediately. Well done!
Posted by: Mike | August 22, 2007 5:39 PM
Mike,
Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you'll come back often...and thanks for picking up the book!
Posted by: Chris Mooney | August 22, 2007 5:52 PM