Climate Change is Increasing the Strength and Frequency of Hurricanes

[rangerrebew]

Climate Change is Increasing the Strength and Frequency of Hurricanes

Hurricane Harvey, seen fom the International Space Station. Elements of this image are furnished by NASA 123rf.com
Pro: Hurricanes are Becoming Stronger and More Frequent
Hurricanes have become stronger worldwide during the past four decades, an analysis of observational data shows, supporting what theory and computer models have long suggested: climate change is making these storms more intense and destructive.

The analysis, of satellite images dating to 1979, shows that warming has increased the likelihood of a hurricane developing into a major one of Category 3 or higher, with sustained winds greater than 110 miles an hour, by about 8 percent a decade.

“The trend is there and it is real,” said James P. Kossin, a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and lead author of the study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “There’s this remarkable building of this body of evidence that we’re making these storms more deleterious.”

https://everythingclimate.com/climate-change-is-increasing-the-strength-and-frequency-of-hurricanes/

[rangerrebew]

In 1976, coming home from the South China Sea, we ran into an uncharted typhoon after we left the Philippines.  I worked in meteorology, so I was able to see this develop.  We were in the Pacific and came into a storm which met the qualifications for a typhoon; however, Pearl Harbor had no knowledge of it.  This was before widespread use of satellites which left many vacuums in worldwide ocean coverage except when certain military ships passed through. I suspect there were many such instances of typhoons and hurricanes that never were seen so the numbers of today are very inflated when compared within the last 50 years.

[libertybele]

They've gotten better at predicting hurricanes and the intensity, especially with new technology and AI input, but as many have learned hurricanes can intensify and change direction in mere minutes. 

As for climate change, sorry, I still believe it's b.s.

[Cyber Liberty]

They've gotten better at predicting hurricanes and the intensity, especially with new technology and AI input, but as many have learned hurricanes can intensify and change direction in mere minutes. 

As for climate change, sorry, I still believe it's b.s.

They tell us Climate Change is rampant and getting worse, while we're looking at the quietest Atlantic Hurricane Season in a hundred years.  All y'all can still get hit, though.  Knocking on wood, Gilbert the monster was a September storm.