Steven, without reproducible results, there is no science to support the hypotheses.  A million scientists could say it and it is still not known. 

I'll refrain from offering a lesson on the scientific method and leave it at the fact that it is a forward-looking process, not a backward looking process.  

Here's what meteorology and climate science have in common:  Temperature, precipitation, fronts, storms, sea levels, smog, trends over time as predictors of the future events....I could go on.  Doesn't sound like 2 different things to me.