Posted on 06/06/2018 11:44:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When tropical cyclones slow, they drop far more rain, sparking even more devastating floods. Future climate change is expected to slow them still more.
Tropical cyclones, including hurricanes and typhoons, are now crawling across the planet at a slower pace than they did decades ago, dragging out and amplifying their devastation, new research published Wednesday shows.
At the same time, related research published just last month suggests that warming temperatures from climate change will slow storms more in the future.
"Nothing good comes out of a slowing storm," says James Kossin, with the NOAA's Center for Weather and Climate, and author of the first paper, published today in the journal Nature. "It can increase storm surge. It can increase the amount of time that structures are subjected to strong wind. And it increases rainfall."
Kossin's work was based on details of almost 70 years' worth of storms, but he made no attempt to determine what was causing the slowdown. Still, the shift is precisely what he and other cyclone experts said would be expected from climate change.
Christina Patricola, a scientist with the climate and ecosystem sciences division of California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, called Kossin's work "important and new" and says she found it "pretty convincing."
Kossi hopes that scientists will begin building models that show which communities are likely to face the most risk.
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Sounds series.
+1
“... Future climate change is expected to slow them still more...”
Didn’t have to wait long for that, did we?????
And here come the ASS-umptions about “global warming.”
I knew Goebbels would be there, staring at me.
It doesn’t matter, we can’t win. If storms were speeding up, we’d still get blamed.
I got as far as, “future climate change...” and immediately scanned down to find the Goebbels photo. ;)
National Geographic has long been a mouthpiece for the Left. Long gone are the days of genuine, investigative and educational work they use to do. Now - 100% of anything they produce has an agenda - and pretty much always a Leftist one.
Climate Change - the evil bogey man behind everything from sex trafficking to racism and misogynists in leadership positions. Foot - I hear that globull warming... errr.... I mean Climate Change is why police have declared open season on young black men...
Keep me in the loop in case there is a shower.
Obesity in advancing years?
A Hugh problem you say?
In way too late to be the first to announce that this is series.
Climate change. Send us da money!
That’s what happens when you legalize marijuana.
Dang, what’s next? Sharknados?
Was climate change Natl Geo’s excuse for photoshopping pics of pyramids, zebras, and others?
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