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Nature 443, 378 (28 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443378a; Published online 27 September 2006

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Is US hurricane report being quashed?

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Some NOAA scientists say political appointees blocked climate-change message.

A statement on the science behind the politically sensitive issue of hurricane activity and climate change has been blocked by officials at the US Department of Commerce, Nature has learned.Work on the statement began this February after complaints about the actions of political appointees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency that falls under commerce-department control.

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