Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Storms moving slower because of climate change.

I would have expected storms to move faster with more heat and energy in the atmosphere. However, as this NYT writer mentions below,

 "The warming of the Arctic has reduced the temperature difference between it and the Equator, weakening the winds between them, in North America. That weakness, in turn, has slowed the movement of tropical storms."

"Climate change has made hurricanes wetter and slower, scientists have found. Recent research suggests that global warming — specifically in the Arctic, which is warming much more rapidly than other regions — is playing a role in weakening atmospheric circulation and thus potentially affecting hurricane speed."



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