Thus the Gulf Stream, and hence the wind, rather than being minor features of oceanic climate are best regarded as the primary elements.

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More than 97 percent of the climate scientists most actively publishing accept that the verdict is actually in on carbon pollution causing climate and oceanic changes 97 percent.

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Forecasters predict an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 20 named storms, seven to 11 hurricanes and three to six major hurricanes, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center said.

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Their other big lie the jury is still out on is whether human-made carbon pollution causes dangerous climate change and oceanic change.

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Howarth said other federal climate scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have published recent studies documenting massive methane leaks from natural gas operations in Colorado and other Western states.

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The outlook issued last week by the Climate Prediction Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for "considerable activity" this hurricane season in the Atlantic.

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In 2009, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) initiated the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, which includes representatives from more than 20 Federal Agencies.

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This meeting was organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency and is co-hosted by the Florida Energy and Climate Commission and the Miami-Dade County Office of Sustainability.

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