If the earth is getting warmer, then would there be more hurricanes?
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That's a real tough question to answer.\n\nHurricanes don't just result from warm water. If they did we would expect to see more hurricanes in tropical regions than we do. It's fairly complex, but to form hurricanes basically need warm water under a stable, cold, upper level air mass to produce the low pressure bubble. Cyclones and hurricanes only form in a few regions around the world called 'cyclone basins' because only a few regions have those exact conditions. Because the conditions for hurricane formation are so specific it's really hard to predict the effects of climate change.\n\nWarmer oceans should increase the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. Howevere the atmosphere and oceans probably don't warm at the same rate. The atmopshere ATM seems to be warming much faster than the oceans. That might mean that the cold summer air masses needed for hurricane formation will become much rarer, and as a result hurricanes may become far less freqeunt. \n\nAlternatively the cyclone basins may just move. With moderately warmer oceans and a much warmer atmopshere the basins might well move to higher latitudes to where the air is colder. That would be far more catastrophic than a simple increase in frequency. Places that are historically hurricane prone have learned to build to cope with them. If the basins move hurricanes will start stiking places that are not deisgned to withstand them. Can you imagine the effect of a hurricane on New York City or London?\n\nThen we get to throw in other complicating factors like the changes in ocean currents and atmopspheric systems brought about by warming. Weather is the ultimate choatic system, there are a huge number of interscting variables. That makes it just about imposisble to predict 3 months in advance under stable conditions. Trying to predict what will happen 30 years down the track under changing condition is laughable.\n\nAt the moment there is just to much we don't know about how hurricanes form and what the effects of global warming will be. The majority opinion is we'll see more hurricanes and more intense hurricanes, but there is a large minority plumping for movement inthe cyclone basins and a small minoirty predicting decreased frequency.\n_________________\n\n>>>>watch the movie "The day after tomorrow". good movie,\n>>>> and accurate prediction of what could happen if global \n>>>> warming continues.\n\nPMSL. \n\nYeah, and after that watch "Godzilla" for an accurate prediction of what happens following an atomic test.
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No.  If the planet were on a cooling trend, and stayed that way for a while, it might be heading towards a periodic Ice Age, as it has done in the past.  We would consume a lot more of outr limited energy resources just to keep ourselves warm.  Also, don't worry so much about Global Warming.  As I said before, nature goes through these cycles of warming and cooling.  Yes. humans have an impact, but it is small.
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The earth has historically gone through cyclical climate changes and we my or my not be going through one now. As to what is causing this, we can only speculate. I don't think that all of the SUVs or hair spray in the world is going to change our climate.
997939
In this enviroment of Global Warming I would say not. Cold is not cool any more, warming is hot.
976302
1.  Yes, temperatures actually have been rising - in certain places.  2.  No, it isn't too early to make predictions, as long as they are based on sound, unbiased scientific findings.  3. I believe that the warming is being driven by both people and natural causes.  We can do something about the former, but not the latter.  To what degree (no pun intended) each one is a factor is still up in the air, I think.  4.  Yes, it certainly could benefit some regions of the earth, but it would damage many populated regions tremendously.  That's why we need to try to slow down the human contribution a.s.a.p.
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definitely. it's practically the one part of global warming scientists agree on.\nover the next century, we will see the oceans warming and thus expanding (sadly flooding places like Venice), also the polar ice caps melting (once again, not good. they keep the earth cool...see a vicious cycle?), not to mention serious climate change and animals migrating to the north to keep cool. it's already happening...yikes!
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I live on the East Coast in the South, and yes, I think it is very likely. Whenever our winters are particularly warm, the following hurricane season tends to be worse. This past winter was the warmest I've ever known, and I grew up even further south than I now live.\n\nAlso... Cat 3's are pretty much the norm in any year... I think there's a really good chance of some 4's and 5's causing some major trouble this year.
1166809
our earth would burn due its heat along with the sun's heat
218251
Yes.Very much so.The Bible said the oceans will roar! They shure did on the gulf coast last year,and it's almost hurricane season again! Quick! Send up some prayer arrows!God bless you real good!
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A hurricane begins as a low pressure area- the lower the barometric pressure the stronger the hurricane.  Warm water- the ocean- is the fuel for the hurricane.  The warmer the ocean temperatures, the more fuel for the hurricane- this also helps the storm to strengthen.  Also, needed is the energy from water vapor condensation- cloud cover.
1085632
It is too early to tell but with Global Warming the chances are getting better and better!\nBut it would be pretty weak.
328202
There's only one answer to this question, and one answer only. The answer to this is Global Warming. We are causing this ourselves, by polluting our planet. We are giving off too much Carbon dioxide from our cars and factories,which traps the heat in our atmosphere. It's causing the polar ice caps to melt and in certain areas of the world (like Greenland) permafrost (a thick layer of ice that stays frozen all year 'round) is beginning to melt (which has never happened before). It's also causing hurricanes to increase in strength (hence all of the extremely strong hurricanes of last season). There really is a lot on Global Warming. Therefore I recommend that you visit this site..... http://www.nrdc.org  it's the website for the Natural Resources Defense Council. It has all of the how's and why's of global warming. It was especially helpful to me as I had to do a research paper on it. Very interesting site, I assure you.
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The massive ice sheets in the Arctic are melting at alarming rates. This is causing the oceans to rise. Rising ocean levels, an estimated six feet over the next 100 years or sooner, will cause massive devastation and economic catastrophe to population centers worldwide.\n\nMalaria. Dengue Fever. Encephalitis. These names are not usually heard in emergency rooms and doctors’s offices in US. But if we don’t act to curb global warming, they will be. As temperatures rise, disease-carrying mosquitoes and rodents spread, infecting people in their wake. Doctors at the Harvard Medical School have linked recent U.S. outbreaks of dengue (‘breakbone’s) fever, malaria, hantavirus and other diseases directly to climate change.\n\nSuper powerful hurricanes, fueled by warmer ocean temperatures are the “smoking gun” of global warming. Since 1970, the number of category 4 and 5 events has jumped sharply. Hurricane Katrina, in September 2005 almost became a category 6 event. Human activities are adding an alarming amount of pollution to the earth’s atmosphere causing catastrophic shifts in weather patterns. These shifts are causing severe heat, floods and worse.
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No,these times are calm.Not enough excitment.One or two devestating storms every hundred or so yrs.Big deal.Storms are small compared to early in earth's history.
833001
The weather is more tropical, humid, and filled with moisture, as well as being warmer.
855265
Maybe if we launch a nuke near where tectonic plates are and cause an earthquake, then a tsunami...That's severe. But if you're talking about everyday activities like watering the flowers, I don't think that can contribute to servere weather such as hurricanes.
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Well, the weather changes very quickly, however global warming has been happening for a while. It is in the past while predicting the weather is in the future. There is data that shows a warming trend on Earth. So, you can trust it, at least as fact that is IS happening. Most people agree on that. However nobody is sure whether or not this heating is natural or caused by humans.