May 05 2008
Global Warming Causing Fewer Hurricanes, Study Shows
Wang and Sang-Ki Lee of South Florida University have published a new report about the effects of Global Warming on Hurricanes. According to previous reports, warmer oceans have caused a huge increase in the amount of hurricanes and the intensity of them. However, in the new report, Wang and Sang-Ki have found that the warmer oceans cause more crosswinds, an effect called wind shear. This causes a neutrality in the winds, suppressing the ability to develop hurricanes.
I think the Lee’s have a good point. It also makes since to me that all of the winds are not in one direction causing hurricanes, rather in opposite directions causing the winds to block out each other.
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I wanted to read the article, but I didn’t see a link. Don’t forget to link the articles so that we have our information for our citations page.
Oh yes, sorry about that.