Republican “Science”

This kinda says it all:

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:400760

Decadal Variations and AMO — Part II

In this post I’d like to examine another claim made in one of the Berkeley papers, that there is a periodic fluctuation in the AMO (Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation) with period about 9.1 years.