Boy, are we having some funky weather here in England. At the moment it’s quite chilly here, while in other parts of the country there are flooding problems. Meanwhile, in the European continent people have died from the heat this summer. Crazy stuff.
Global warming doubles number of hurricanes, study finds – antara.co.id: Global warming’s effect on wind patterns and sea temperatures have nearly doubled the number of hurricanes a year in the Atlantic Ocean over the past century, says a new study by US scientists.
The scientists see a strong correlation between the spike in storm activity and rising sea surface temperatures, which “feed” hurricanes.
Over the last 100 years, these temperatures have risen by about 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0.7 degrees Celsius, the study asserts.
The temperatures rose approximately 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit, or 0.4 degrees Celsius, in a period leading up to 1930, which was marked by some of the deadliest storms to hit the Atlantic Coast of the United States.
#59 – Frank IBC,
I’m not sure why you think I should be required to answer the issue of hurricane records. If I were going to make the comparison, I would go by standards that could be matched. I would ignore the hurricanes of which people in 1907 would have been unaware. That was easy.
But, here’s another way to go, from a quick internet search, something you might wish to try one day.
http://tinyurl.com/23xpog
http://tinyurl.com/ywullt
Please note that both of these articles do reference peer reviewed articles. Feel free to go to the source for the original, though they tend to be harder to read than watered down versions like these.
— Misanthropic Scott, 12-Never-2007