Opinion: Governor [Christie's] "wrong" direction on global warming - NorthJersey.com

He eliminated the Office of Climate Change and reduced the Division of Science to a mere advisory board stacked with industry insiders. The administration also abandoned the greenhouse gas monitoring plan.

The governor has not only tried to put a lid on sound science, he has eliminated funding for key programs that help promote renewable energy and energy efficiency.

NJ.com : Gov. Chris Christie takes a sharp right on climate

The Republican base has wholly abandoned the idea of rational thought on this issue. As scientists blare their warnings, the party has settled on a policy of ignoring them. The people who used to be considered nuts for calling global warming a “hoax” are now in the party’s mainstream.

Could climate change be the cause of bigger rogue waves? | Northwest News - The News Tribune

Others are skeptical about any link to climate change.

Richard Seymour, head of the Ocean Engineering Research Group at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, said any connection between increased wave height and climate change is tenuous. In fact, Seymour said, there isn't enough data on wave heights to provide the "statistical reliability" to predict any trends.

Seymour and others said too little is known about the oceans.