Tropical cyclones and climate change

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 157 - 163
• Main Authors: Knutson, Thomas R., McBride, John L., Chan, Johnny, Emanuel, Kerry, Holland, Greg, Landsea, Chris, Held, Isaac, Kossin, James P., Srivastava, A. K., Sugi, Masato
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2010; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106; 704/106/35; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Global warming; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Precipitation rate; review-article; Tropical cyclones

Whether the characteristics of tropical cyclones have altered, or will alter, in a changing climate has been subject of considerable debate. An overview of recent research indicates that greenhouse warming will cause stronger storms, on average, but a decrease in the frequency of tropical cyclones....