Moreira, Naila,
The Wind and the Fury. Naila Moreira. - Science News, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 18, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: The Wind and the Fury, Sept. 17, 2005; pp. 184-186.
"Katrina's ferocity left many people asking whether the monster storm came from mere chance or from something more long lasting--global warming....Scientists are divided on whether climate change, induced by industrial and automotive release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, is driving these statistics. Most climate scientists say that natural, cyclic phenomena that affect ocean currents and atmospheric temperature--such as El Nino in the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Oscillation--yield decade-to-decade swings in total hurricane numbers that have nothing to do with global warming. Some researchers say that these phenomena are also responsible for all the observed changes in storm intensity. But many other climate scientists are now pointing to global warming as the culprit for increasingly ferocious hurricanes worldwide." (SCIENCE NEWS) The article examines theories that suggest climate change has made hurricanes fiercer.
1522-3264;
Climatology--Research
Global warming
Hurricanes
Hurricanes--Economic aspects
Hurricanes--Forecasting
Winds
AC1.S5
050
The Wind and the Fury. Naila Moreira. - Science News, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 18, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: The Wind and the Fury, Sept. 17, 2005; pp. 184-186.
"Katrina's ferocity left many people asking whether the monster storm came from mere chance or from something more long lasting--global warming....Scientists are divided on whether climate change, induced by industrial and automotive release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, is driving these statistics. Most climate scientists say that natural, cyclic phenomena that affect ocean currents and atmospheric temperature--such as El Nino in the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Oscillation--yield decade-to-decade swings in total hurricane numbers that have nothing to do with global warming. Some researchers say that these phenomena are also responsible for all the observed changes in storm intensity. But many other climate scientists are now pointing to global warming as the culprit for increasingly ferocious hurricanes worldwide." (SCIENCE NEWS) The article examines theories that suggest climate change has made hurricanes fiercer.
1522-3264;
Climatology--Research
Global warming
Hurricanes
Hurricanes--Economic aspects
Hurricanes--Forecasting
Winds
AC1.S5
050