Conversation

“Tropical cyclones need a special set of conditions... Over the years, scientists have become increasingly confident that human-caused climate change is making those conditions more uncommon — but when they do form, warmer air and ocean temperatures are making them more potent.
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“…pollution reflects sunlight back to space, which has a cooling effect. Murakami’s study published in May found that over the past four decades, a decrease in air pollution over North America and Europe resulted in an increase in the number of hurricanes in the North Atlantic.”