“…Among studies excluded from the meta-analysis, either because they did not meet the strict selection criteria or because they were published after the analysis was completed, most (Di Lorenzo et al, 2005;Alves and Miranda, 2013;Barton et al, 2013;Bylhouwer et al, 2013;Stocker et al, 2013;Cropper et al, 2014;deCastro et al, 2014;Jacox et al, 2014;Sydeman et al, 2014b;Varela et al, 2015) show results consistent with the findings of Sydeman et al (2014a). Those containing seemingly contradictory results (Demarcq, 2009;Dewitte et al, 2012) add uncertainty, but do not refute the findings of the metaanalysis, as they focus on local regions, use short time series and do not add uncertainty. Despite the fact that the meta-analysis by Sydeman et al generally supports Bakun's proposition, we still cannot attribute coastal wind intensification in EBUS to global warming because we cannot discount the role of multi-decadal climate variability in the observed trends (Chhak and Di Lorenzo, 2007;Narayan et al, 2010;Pérez et al, 2010;Macias et al, 2012;Santos et al, 2012;Cropper et al, 2014;Jacox et al, 2014), nor is it a test of the Bakun hypothesis mechanism.…”