“According to the National Hurricane Center, storms are no more intense or frequent worldwide than they have been since 1850.
Constant 24-7 media coverage of every significant storm worldwide just makes it seem that way.” (Paul Bedard )
*** And to cap it off, two recent peer-reviewed studies completely contradict each other. One paper predicts considerably more storms due to global warming. Another paper suggests the exact opposite – that there will be fewer storms in the future.
And...
theconversation.com
But while there is very real possibility that there is a causal relationship between cyclone behaviour and anthropogenic global warming, most climate scientists and meteorologists are hesitant to attribute any single event such as an extreme intensity tropical cyclone to global warming. This is because we know that the globe has experienced such events for many thousands of years.
