Why might the occurrence of hurricanes or other tropical storms increase if Earth's atmosphere gets warmer?

Answer 1

if you are referring to the commonly held nonsense that "global warming" has led to an increase in the number and strength of hurricanes.....the National Hurricane Center ( www.nhc.noaa.gov) has issued a study that says..nope, not happening, no relationship between 'global warming......if it even exists....and hurricanes." Chris Landsea wrote the report; go to the NHC web site and look it up and really amaze everyone in your class with some real science !

Answer 2

Because hurricanes/tropical storms get their energy from the warm ocean waters...this is why hurricanes/tropical storms don't form in extreme southern/northern latitudes.

Warmer atmosphere = warmer waters = more energy = stronger storms.

While there is no guarantee that global warming will increase the severity of hurricanes, I'd rather not play that chance game.

Answer 3

I believe this is because the water temperature will become warmer as well making it easier to evaporate into the atmosphere and cause much more storm activity. This would be the worst over warm ocean bodies and I am sure would cause more depressions forming into hurricanes. The atmospheric pressure would change as well from the warmer temperature causing more collisions between high and low.

Answer 4

the water temperature is warmer..which in turn can create much stronger/powerful hurricanes/tropical storms. That is whay hurricanes usually fizzle in colder waters when they move up the coast. The heat in the air and the weather patterns change with the atmospheric pressure.

Answer 5

there continues to be some debate about no matter if the upward push in hurricanes and tropical storms is a outcome of artifical international warming. In 2008, there have been: * 18 named storms * 8 hurricanes * 5 significant hurricanes (Bertha-type 3, Gustav-cat. 4, Ike-cat. 4; Omar-cat.3; Paloma-cat.4) in accordance to NOAA's climate Prediction middle: "For the first time on record, six consecutive tropical cyclones made landfall on the U.S. mainland and a record 3 significant hurricanes struck Cuba. it is likewise the first Atlantic season to have a significant typhoon (type 3) type in 5 consecutive months [July-November]." 2008 became the 10th season with above generic interest contained in the previous 14 years.

Answer 6

The definition of heat is " average kinetic molecular motion" ie, heat
is just moving particles, and moving particles need ENERGY.
Storms need energy as well, and the hotter the atmosphere gets,
the more energy there is. Since outter space is freezing at all times, if you have layers of huge amounts of heat energy swirling around,
you get this hot/cold severe change, and the difference, fueled by the huge amounts of energy, is your typical hurricane or tornado.
The energy ( heat) is the catalyst.