Climate Change-Hurricane Link Reconsidered

[Iori Komei]

Hurricanes are unlikely to become more frequent as the world warms, according to a new analysis by a scientists who until now had supported a link between global warming and tropical cyclone activity. But they may still become more intense.

"The hurricane expert, Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, unveiled a novel technique for predicting future hurricane activity this week," according to a report in the Houston Chronicle. "The new work suggests that, even in a dramatically warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity may not substantially rise during the next two centuries."


LINK:
The Daily Green (http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/hurricanes-global-warming-47041302)


This actually does'nt surprise me that much, I mean I'm not one of those AICC deniers, but I also think that the link between it and Hurricanes definitely needs more research.

[Yo Mama]

Well, since we don't get hurricanes in NorCal, I guess I don't care one way or the other. If they come up with a link between earthquakes and global warming, I might get a little worried.

[Bitchkoma]

I can come up with that link if you want to. It's a weak link, but a link nonetheless.

Lookit:

1. Warming climate increases humidity.
2. Increased humidity results in more precipitation.
3. Higher precipitation leads to more groundwater.
4. More groundwater means the rocks at the water table are under more pressure.
5. This higher pressure results in more earth movement.

Earth getting wetter and stickier (http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL1067463720071011)
Earthquake Season in the Himalayan Front (http://www.physorg.com/news116604628.html)