Hurricane Frequency & Strength

MIT, Penn State
Lead authors: Kerry A. Emanuel, Michael E. Mann
Where published: Eos

Human-induced climate change, rather than naturally occurring ocean cycles, may be responsible for the recent increases in the frequency and strength of North Atlantic hurricanes ... North Atlantic sea surface temperature appears to be controlled largely by radiative forcing, which has changed over the past century mainly owing to sulfate aerosol pollution and greenhouse gas increases
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