Original article from: CNN
It’s peak hurricane season, and that’s clear when you look at the Atlantic Ocean, which has five active tropical cyclones at the same time for only the second time in history.
The only other time there were five active tropical cyclones — hurricane, tropical storm and/or tropical depression — in the Atlantic was in 1971.
The five systems are Hurricane Paulette, Hurricane Sally, Tropical Storm Teddy, Tropical Storm Vicky, and Tropical Depression Rene.
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- Hurricanes are getting stronger as the world gets warmer, according to a new analysis. … Looking at the full four-decade span and normalizing their data in a certain way, the researchers found a clear trend: Storms are getting stronger in general, and major tropical cyclones are coming more often
- Scientific analysis shows that hurricanes are getting stronger and more frequent due to the effects of climate change.
- The changes we are experiencing now are occurring on a planet that has warmed a little over 1 degree Celsius. This is just one of the many reasons scientists are concerned about a world that exceeds 2 degrees.
The projection is that planet could warm as much as 5 degrees Celsius by 2100, which would likely be catastrophic.