Tropical cyclones and climate change

 

Climate change caused by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases may have some effect on tropical cyclone characteristics. Many theoretical and modelling studies now suggest that tropical cyclones may become slightly more intense in a warmer world, but may also be fewer.

Current projects

The Pacific Climate Change Science Program

A recent paper

The CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship

A recent paper from this project

U.S. CLIVAR Working Group on Hurricanes

TCMIP -- an intercomparison project on the simulation of tropical cyclones by climate models

Further information on this topic:

What the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in 2001

What the IWTC said in 2006 on tropical cyclones and climate change

A recent Nature paper on this topic

 

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