Is the reason why we have been having more severe hurricane seasons in the US tied to global warming issues??

Question

Since 2004, the seasons have been more intense and some storms have been more devistating.

Answer 1

This short-term increase is more so associated with ocean temperatures and their affects on hurricane formation. The tropical Atlantic has been warm, and ocean temperatures there and in the equatorial Pacific have provided a favorable environment for them - wind shear in the tropics tending to be weak.

Global warming most likely is contributing to the longer-term increase (e.g., many more storms than normal the past decade).

Answer 2

The increase in global temperatures is a factor, but not as major as many environmentalists believe it to be. Warmer waters do allow for storms to gather in intensity, but the thermal variance does not sustain the storm nor does it cause the storm to start to begin with.

The number of hurricanes that we have seen develop during each season has gone up, but there is a more cyclical reason for this: nature. Decades back, there were seasons where a higher number of storms were predicted, and those numbers were accurate.

Hurricane size and intensity are not wholly affected by global warming either. Examples include Hurricanes Hugo (1989), Andrew (1992), and Floyd (1999). They were very large and powerful storms which laid waste to whatever they rolled over. Louisiana should remember Andrew since it actually crossed over Florida (I used to live in Homestead and was there for that S.O.B.) and then rebuilt its strength and hit LA's coastline.

Don't always believe what you hear on television. The media will only put out what it feels will garner more public attention. The University of Virginia did a study recently stating that global warming is not the sole reason for hurricane strength and frequency. Once again, it all goes back to nature.

One final note - if these storms have gotten more intense, then what would you say was the reason that a hurricane in 1893 was so strong, that it wiped an island off the map permanently (Hog Island, NY). No global warming there - and notice how no environmentalists ever mention hurricanes of that strength before the issue of global warming arose, even to this day.

Answer 3

The stronger storms we have experienced for the last few years are due to higher Atlantic temperatures. That doesn't mean it was global warming. Global warming, if not a real threat at this point is a real concern. Global warming as a theory is a phenomenon that can grow exponentially. Once the wheels are set in motion, there is no turning back. It's a fact that the polar ice caps are diminishing and glacial movement has increased over the past few years. That in itself can raise global temperatures. If the trend continues, we will see a snowball effect with devisatating consequences.

Answer 4

Since Global Warming doesnt exist, I'm going to go ahead and say no. I know its hard to hear, but Al Gore didnt invent the internet, nor does global warming cause hurricanes. There is absolutely no scientific evidence to support this.

-J.

Answer 5

Exactly yes. With global warming the oceans and the air are warming up and therefore there is more energy available for the formation of hurricanes.

Answer 6

Even tho there are scientists that insist that global warming is a reality, it is based on science that is faulty at best. The problem I have with that is that climatologists have used carbon dating as part of their discovery processes. This alone is unscientific, and junk science at its best.

Answer 7

Yes! Please go see the movie "Inconvenient Truth" for the scientific details.
How about the "coming around" of the effect of pumping billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere - something that is unprecedented in the written history of the earth??

Answer 8

it has to do with water temp, not global agerage air temp.

al gore is a retard

Answer 9

ALL WEATHER IS CYCLICAL. THAT MEANS WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

Answer 10

YUP!!