Studie belegt: Schwere Hurrikane werden dank Klimaerwärmung häufiger

In der diese Woche erschienen Ausgabe des Science Magazins wird die Vermutung, dass die Klimaerwärmung die Entstehung von mehr und stärkeren Hurrikanen begünstigt, mit einer weiteren Studie belegt:

Science, Vol 309, Issue 5742, 1844-1846 , 16 September 2005:

Reports

Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment

P. J. Webster,1 G. J. Holland,2 J. A. Curry,1 H.-R. Chang1

We examined the number of tropical cyclones and cyclone days as well as tropical cyclone intensity over the past 35 years, in an environment of increasing sea surface temperature. A large increase was seen in the number and proportion of hurricanes reaching categories 4 and 5. The largest increase occurred in the North Pacific, Indian, and Southwest Pacific Oceans, and the smallest percentage increase occurred in the North Atlantic Ocean. These increases have taken place while the number of cyclones and cyclone days has decreased in all basins except the North Atlantic during the past decade. 1 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. 2 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA.

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