That's not likely, said Kerry Emanuel, a professor in atmospheric sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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But there are those who do not share his view, and among the skeptics is Richard Lindzen, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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"There are a lot of things going on that have been very unusual over the last several months, " said Dev Niyogi, earth and atmospheric sciences professor at Purdue University.

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