Although it stands to reason that a warming climate could
worsen storm intensity since a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, Henson cautioned, «Even when researchers find that a given type of disaster has become more likely, a rare event is still going to be rare — and it can occur without any help from greenhouse gases.»
Not exact matches
Results: Increased air pollution changes clouds in ways that both
worsen drought and increase
storm intensity, according to new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
The FMI study also found that the
worsening of the catastrophic
storms is a wintertime (December - February) phenomenon, whereas the
intensity of the strongest autumn
storms has decreased since 1990.
The FMI study also found that the
worsening of the catastrophic
storms is a wintertime (December - February) phenomenon, whereas the
intensity of the strongest autumn
storms has decreased since 1990.
According to the latest climate models, however, the frequency of these north - drifting extreme
storms will drop in the coming decades — but their
intensity and likelihood for causing damage will
worsen.