Frequency & Intensity of Hurricanes Linked to Global Warming

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  1. Sept. 26, 2006 - White House Said To Bar Hurricane Report - In May, when the report was expected to be released, panel chair Ants Leetmaa received an e-mail from a Commerce official saying the report needed to be made less technical and was not to be released, Nature reported.

  2. June 2, 2006 - Study: Number Of Strong Hurricanes Doubled Since '70 - If global warming continues to raise ocean temperatures, it is unlikely we will ever see a return to the quiet hurricane seasons seen in the 1980s, said Judith Curry, one of two Georgia Institute of Technology professors who conducted the study

  3. Dec. 9, 2005 - Youths Make Spirited Case at Climate Meeting - At a "bed in" in front of the main escalator bank at the climate talks in Montreal, young people sang "we all live in a carbon-intensive world" and "all we are saying is give youth a chance."

  4. Sept. 16, 2005 - Major Storms Become More Frequent - So far this year, the Atlantic and Gulf have spawned 15 named storms, and forecasters say they expect the activity during the remaining 10 weeks of the season to continue at "near record levels."

  5. Sept. 11, 2005 - The Storm Next Time - Hurricanes derive their power in part from warm water, and so forecasting models show future hurricanes becoming more severe as sea surface temperatures rise. One summary of 1,200 simulations published in the Journal of Climate last year showed that rising levels of greenhouse gases could triple the number of Category 5 hurricanes.

  6. Sept. 2, 2005 - Katrina's Aftermath: The High Cost Of Climate Change - Less than a month before Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, M.I.T. researcher Kerry Emanuel published a portentous paper in the journal Nature that illustrated how hurricanes' destructive potential has risen dramatically over the past few decades, in tandem with global warming. And a few weeks before Emanuel's paper, the Association of British Insurers issued an equally ominous report on the growing financial risks posed by extreme weather events due to global warming.

  7. June 18, 2004 - Letter of Concern for Louisiana's Wetlands-Coast & Support for Climate Stewardship Act - The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that due to increased temperatures, sea levels are predicted to rise 1 to 3 feet over the next 100 years.

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