Recent research in this area suggests that there has been an increase
in intense hurricane activity over the past 40 years.
While hurricanes are a natural part of our climate system, recent research suggests that there has been an increase
in intense hurricane activity in the North Atlantic since the 1970s.
High - density life unfolded in New York during a period of relative quiescence
in intense hurricane activity.
Not exact matches
Some point to periods of
intense hurricane activity in Earth's past and worry that such trends may return.
The episode also features the actor Ian Somerhalder, who journeys to the Bahamas to investigate the prospect that warming oceans could spawn a period of
intense hurricane activity in the Atlantic.
Finally — it is not remotely necessary for a season to be as
intense as 2005
in order for it to be very
intense — after, all, 2004 (15 tropical storms, 9
hurricanes, 6 major
hurricanes) had over 150 % of the
activity of an average season, yet was much less active than 2005 (28 tropical and subtropical storms, 15
hurricanes and 7 major
hurricanes.)
Could the
intense hurricane activity of 2004 and 2005 explain the reduction
in oceanic heat content over the 2003 to 2005 period?
Residents of Caribbean islands and the coastal United States — including those still recovering from last year's storms — may need to brace themselves for another
intense hurricane season, as forecasts predict «above average» Atlantic storm
activity in 2018.
Through research, GFDL scientists have concluded that it is premature to attribute past changes
in hurricane activity to greenhouse warming, although simulated
hurricanes tend to be more
intense in a warmer climate.