It is becoming increasingly evident that hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical cyclones worldwide are becoming stronger and potentially more deadly as the globe warms due to the climate crisis, according to a new study.
The study, released on Monday by researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , looked at nearly 40 years of satellite data of global storms.
The new research builds upon previous studies that showed a likely increase in stronger storms as global oceans had warmed, but the data did not go back far enough to confidently asses the increase was due to man-made global warming and not natural cycles that can span decades. The latest findings add another 11 years to the data set, which allows for statistically significant trends to become clear.
"Almost all of the damage and mortality caused by hurricanes is done by major hurricanes ," Kossin said."Increasing the likelihood of having a major hurricane will certainly increase this risk." "Sea surface temperatures are much warmer than normal in the Bay of Bengal right now," Klotzbach said. Warmer ocean temperatures are one of the main ingredients the new study pointed to in explaining the observed increase in storm strength.
"I suspect if they extended the study to include 2018 and 2019, it would become significant," Klotzbach said."Last year was absolutely crazy in the North Indian Ocean, especially in the Arabian Sea."Finding trends in global tropical cyclones has traditionally suffered from inconsistent data records going back several decades, said Ryan Maue, a private industry meteorologist not involved in the recent research.
"Their results are consistent with the theory that increasing sea-surface temperatures are indeed increasing the intensity of the strongest storms of at least major hurricane strength."
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