Climate Change Changing Cyclones?
Jul 31, 2020303.8K Shares4M Views
A new Nature studyon hurricanes contradicts the finding of a previous Nature studyArt covered back in February. The new report found that global warming may actually the frequency of tropical cyclones, or hurricanes, in the Atlantic Ocean. The last report said the opposite.
Even though the new study finds that global warming could result in fewer hurricanes, researches also say that climate change may cause slightly wetter and more intense storms. (Think Katrina and Nagris, which some have arguedare frightening consequences of global climate change.) Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration used a new model to simulate regional hurricanes, which some climate scientistsare already questioning.
The findings support three 2006 studies that also used climate model projections, Real Climate points out. But, they are refuted by several papersin the last year that warn against warming oceans.
The takeaway point is that we shouldn’t be so quick to point fingersat global warming. The science isn’t [all] in yet.
Rhyley Carney
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