Links between climate change and hurricanes in the North Atlantic

Abstract

There is no doubt that global warming is altering weather patterns and climatic trends all over the world, yet how Earth's changing climate is affecting hurricanes is still not fully understood. Hurricanes are powerful tropical cyclones (TCs) that develop in the warm waters of our planet's oceans. They are known as typhoons in the West Pacific and cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Hurricanes are mostly powered by warm tropical waters, and it is well established that ocean temperatures in areas where TCs form have been rising since the mid-20th century

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