stanley b goldenberg is a meteorologist with noaaaomls hurricane research division in miami virginia key floridagoldenberg received his associate degree from miami dade college and a bachelors degree in 1978 and a masters degree in 1980 both in meteorology from florida state university one of his main graduate advisors was james obrien one of the worlds leading experts on el niogoldenberg has specialized in climate studies and hurricanes stans hurricanerelated research has included developing and implementing significant improvements to one of the earlier numerical hurricanetrack prediction models used by the national hurricane center and more recently examining the various climatic factors which influence the variability of hurricane activity in the atlantic from intraseasonal to multidecadal time scales he has done extensive research into the physical mechanisms responsible for the connection between el nio and atlantic hurricane activity he was the first author of the research report published in science establishing the fact that the atlantic hurricane basin has entered a multidecadalscale era of greatly increased hurricane activity the paper concluded that the increase in hurricane activity was due to natural climate fluctuations rather than from any longterm temperature trends which some attribute to anthropogenic global warming this paper was recognized with the office of oceanic and atmospheric research outstanding scientific paper award he is one of the lead authors of noaas seasonal hurricane outlooks for the atlantic basin and was a corecipient of noaas bronze medal for that work mr goldenberg has participated in numerous research flights into and around hurricanes on noaas wp3d and gulfstream iv aircraft including flights into hurricane katrina 2005 as it made landfall on the louisianamississippi coastgoldenbergs interest and experience in hurricane disaster preparedness was greatly increased when his south florida home was destroyed as he and his family experienced the full force of category 5 hurricane andrew in 1992 his familys personal experience as well as his scientific expertise have been featured in numerous tv specials such as cyclone national geographicpbs storm stories the weather channel and savage skies pbs goldenberg has published a number of scientific papers is frequently interviewed by local national and international media and has been a regular speaker at scientific insurance and hurricane preparedness conferencesstanley goldenberg is one of many scientists that have challenged the notion of scientific consensus on global warming as far from scientifically conclusive stating that it is a blatant lie put forth in the media that makes it seem there is only a fringe scientists who dont buy into anthropogenic global warminghe has also been a research scientist at the university of washington from 19861989 and for a short time taught mathematics and science at a messianic jewish academy