Hurricanes And Climate Change : The Effects Of Climate Change

Hurricanes are natural disasters that can devastate life and property. Hurricanes have been known to destroy just about everything in its path leaving difficulties and hardship for those affected. Hurricanes require thorough knowledge and preparedness. Information such as how they are formed, where they are formed, the different categories and what effects they have on everything, preparedness, and relief efforts is important to knowledge of hurricanes. They are giant tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator with strong winds that can grow speeds of over 160 miles per hour. The winds move in a counterclockwise direction north of the equator or clockwise south of the equator. When the winds in the rotating storm reach 39 mph, the storm is called a "tropical storm." And when the wind speeds reach 74 mph, the storm is officially a "tropical cyclone," or hurricane. The peaceful center of the hurricane is referred to as the eye. It is very calm and clear in the eye, with very low air pressure. Higher pressure air from above flows down into the eye. Hurricanes that remain over waters of 79 degrees Fahrenheit or warmer, can potentially pull moisture from the surface and grow larger in size and force. When in warm waters, the more energy can be extracted during condensation, and the stronger the storm grows. When a hurricane crosses cooler waters or land, it tends to lose its source of force, and its wind gradually slow until

Natural disasters occurring from the climate change could be on the rise. Global warming has been rumored to be causing more hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, heavier monsoonal rains that cause major flooding, mud slides, and other disasters worldwide. A tropical cyclone, also referred to as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, depending on where in the world the cyclone is occurring, are one of the world’s grandest shows of energy provided by nature. Hurricanes are large, swirling, low pressure storms that have sustained winds of over 74 miles an hour and are formed over warm ocean waters (NASA, n.d.). The purpose of this paper is to discuss hurricanes

Greshko explains that this hurricane season has been so active because atmospheric conditions and surface seas temperatures have been warmer than normal. There have been other major hurricanes to make landfall on the continental US over the years but this season has still been unusual with two category 4 storms hitting land in a small space of time. It seems as though the longer it goes, the more severe it gets. Finally, Greshko concludes this article by talking about the cause of this catastrophic hurricane season being climate change. The climate plays a big role in weather and the warmer conditions will make for much worse tropical storms in the Atlantic. In the future individual will drop more precipitation in the future, since warmer air can hold more water vapor. The warmer temperatures are a result of human activity an if the climate continues to warm up then its predicted that storm surges will become much worse.

THESIS STATEMENT: One of nature’s most powerful and destructive storms are hurricanes. Although they can be deadly to humans and animals and have been known to cause extensive destruction, they also play a very important and beneficial role on Earth.

Climate change is also having an effect on the rain, snow, and the hurricanes. The strength of hurricanes are getting more and more powerful each year. According to a study done by, "Signs of Climate Change", in the 1950 hurricanes were between and category 2-3

Research increasingly demonstrates how years- or decades-long periods of low hurricane frequency are followed by periods of high frequency: the last decades of the 20th century were one of these low periods, which ended around the turn of the century. Research also shows how, despite these peaks and trenches in hurricane frequency, on average we experience one additional hurricane per year every 30 years, and that the overall energy output of each hurricane is

Climate change has progressively become more problematic for coastal societies in recent history as a result of elevated greenhouse gas emission levels across the planet. Increases in sea level and sea surface temperature, as well as atmospheric pressure accretion, are unnatural effects directly linked to increased carbon dioxide (CO2) release into the atmosphere. Some of the sources of these increases have come from the greater use of coal and gasoline for industrial and transportation purposes. Hurricanes (tropical cyclones), most common in the North Atlantic region, have intensified due to this “global warming”. But occurrences of such events are predicted to diminish (Emanuel, 2011). Hurricanes are expected to form less frequently in the North Atlantic, but they will become more intense and powerful over time. As high intensity hurricanes become more common events along the densely populated eastern coast of the United States, more resilient engineering solutions will need to be implemented by current generations to reduce their destructive impact.

An event is only correctly identified as a disaster when the damage is too great for an affected region or city to handle or respond to the event with their own resources. To be more direct, a disaster is an actual event that results in more disruption and losses than a community is capable of handling on their own and they must therefore rely on assistance from other communities, the state or federal government (Smith 2012). A disaster, regardless of the nature of the event, in one region or city, may not qualify as a disaster in another region or city. It is all based on the impacted area’s capability to cope with the event on their own.

Are Hurricanes being effective by global warming? Many studies have been conducted to look at the effects of global warming on hurricanes. Since Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Wilma pounded the Gulf of Mexico in 2005 with gigantic force, there have been more studies into how global warming is affecting Hurricanes. However before we can answer the question does global warming effect hurricanes, we must find out what a hurricane is and how it works? Then we must also define global warming and then how global warming may affect hurricanes in the future.

Scientists are not sure that climate change directly affects the extremity of weather, but it is clear it helps the impacts. Andrew Freedman is a senior science writer for Climate Central, an independent research organization. He studies climate change. Hurricane Sandy clashed with the east coast in 2012. Three factors that could have effected it: sea level rise, non regular warm sea surface temperatures, and unusual weather pattern. Natural causes still predominately are main forces for situations like these. Global warming has increased the severity. Hurricane Sandy starts questions about Climate change impacting storms and weather patterns, and how vulnerable the east coast is. This is credible because it was written by an independent research

Recent events such as four extremely powerful hurricanes (Irma, Katia, Harvey, Jose) have destroyed several regions of the United States and countries by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico from the months August to September. How did global warming factor in the extent of damage done by the tropical cyclones? Therefore, the increasing temperature is causing hurricanes to hold more water, rain heavier, and have more water to hold from the rising sea levels. Consequently, this will increase the amount of damage. This change in the hurricanes has such a huge negative impact on civilizations like frequent and heavier floods, rainstorms, home and other buildings destroyed, and increasing death tolls. In addition, I believe this article answers my question by stating the aspects of hurricanes that climate change affects. It is inconceivable to

In August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southern Texas, breaking precipitation records and causing billions of dollars of damage in the process. Further, the 2017 hurricane season was one of the costliest tropical seasons on record. Such a significant disaster sparked conversation nationwide over the impact of climate change in relation to severe weather. However, scientists continue to disagree on whether climate change impacted Hurricane Harvey. Some believe that climate change worsened Harvey’s extreme behavior, while others deny that climate change was the culprit. Based on recent research, there is sufficient evidence available to believe that the current trend in climate change impacts hurricanes by intensifying them.

Did you know that Hurricanes have killed approximately 1.9 million people worldwide over the past 200 years. (Karen lenhardt said in her 2017 article on facts about hurricanes). We are seeing more and more of these occur, this year we have already encountered 13 named storms, 7 of them being hurricanes. Only four other seasons since 1995 have had that many by Sept. 18. Just two more by the end of the year would put 2017 in the top 15 since 1851. Maggie Astor stated in her New York Times news report about the 2017 Hurricane season . We must take notice and learn about the hurricane process so that we are able to understand the stages that hurricanes go through to get to be so fierce and devastating to get the strength to kill that many people.

Although the occurrence and formation of hurricanes is not a result of the global warming, the effects of climate change make the impact worse. For instance, the rise in ocean levels implies that the force by which hurricanes land increases. In addition, the speed at which hurricanes land are increased due to the elevated sea levels and the occurrence of storms in the ocean. In fact, recent cases such as the occurrence of Hurricane Harvey, as well as Irma, were made worse through climate

Caption: Evolution relative to LMI of the climatological background temperature in hurricane-strength TCs between ±35° of latitude.