| Re: Warming oceans 'are the engine driving stronger hurricanes' |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: DougDoug Date: Sep 4, 2008 23:23
On 4 Sep, 08:55, "nightjar" .me.uk>
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>> More evidence of global warming contributed to by your filthy car
>> exhausts?
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>> "The destructive intensity of the winds caused by tropical storms and
>> hurricanes has increased significantly in the past 30 years, in line
>> with the theory that cyclones are becoming stronger because of global
>> warming, scientists said yesterday.
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>> A study of satellite data going back 25 years has found that tropical
>> storms in the North Atlantic and the Indian Ocean are getting
>> significantly stronger and therefore more likely to develop into
>> hurricanes with wind speeds greater than 100mph.
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>> The findings support the idea that the ocean acts like a "heat engine"
>> driving tropical cyclones. The theory is that as more heat builds up
>> in the oceans, the more energy there is to become converted into the
>> strongest winds of hurricanes.
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>> In 1981, the average wind speed of 90 per cent of hurricanes monitored
>> globally by satellite came to 139 mph but, by 2006, that speed had
>> increased to 157mph, said Professor James Elsner of Florida State
>> University in Tallahassee..."
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>> More:
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Well at least they do seem to accept the reality of anthropogenic
global warming, unlike the motorists in denial who dominate this
transport newsgroup.
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