«It is somewhat
embarrassing for me to admit this, but part of the problem is that a small minority of my [scientist] colleagues, people who should know better, are feeding the extreme - weather / climate hype in the mistaken belief that by doing so they can encourage people to do the right
thing — lessen their carbon footprint,» wrote Mass in a blog post, which derided attempts to connect the
recent frequency of extreme weather events — superstorms, deep droughts, historically bad winters, etc. — to manmade climate change.