From Yahoo News
By David Royse

Florida’s governor cautiously entered the debate Wednesday over whether rising global temperatures are to blame for an increase in the number of strong hurricanes, meeting with two researchers who say global warming is threatening Florida with a long-term future of more bad storms.

Bush met with Peter Webster and Judith Curry of the Georgia Institute of Technology, who published research last year showing an increase in global hurricane intensity, with a doubling of the number of Category 4 or 5 hurricanes since 1970. That increase coincides with a rise of nearly 1 degree Fahrenheit in ocean surface temperatures, they say.

They say President Bush’s administration in Washington hasn’t done enough to combat greenhouse gas emissions — and note that Florida could help by cutting emissions since it’s the fifth largest producer of such gasses in the United States.

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