Typhoon Hype: Why Climate Change Isn’t Behind More Storms
by Linnea Lueken Nov 27, 2024
A recent article at the South China Morning Post (SCMP), titled “Climate change may have played role in a record number of region’s super typhoons, Hong Kong meteorologist says,” claims that climate change “may” have led to a record year for super typhoons in the northwest Pacific. [emphasis, links added]
This headline is misleading framing, with the word “may” carrying a lot of weight. The claims made in the article itself are not more guarded and less alarmist.
Although the conditions were good for typhoon formation this year, there is no evidence that tropical cyclones are becoming more common or intense, as trends established from long-term data show.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/typhoon-hype-why-climate-change-isnt-behind-more-storms/
