I live in Florida, and I have experienced my fair share of Tropical Depressions, Tropical Storms, and Hurricanes. Anyone with experience in weather knows that when a Tropical Depression gains enough strength, it becomes a Tropical Storm, and when a Tropical Storm gains enough strength, it becomes a Hurricane.
I have also heard from countless sources that Global Warming will cause an increase in the strength of Hurricanes in the future, but not an increase in the number of Hurricanes.
So why won't there be an increase in the strength of Tropical Storms also, and in turn cause an increase in the number of Hurricanes?
Isn't an increase in the strength of a Hurricane caused by the same factors that cause an increase in the strength of Tropical Storms?
So how can it be that the strength of Hurricanes will increase, but not the number of Hurricanes?
2007-11-01
13:43:59
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