Global Warming and Hurricanes
...the hurricanes that do occur near the end of the 21st century are expected to be stronger and have significantly more intense rainfall than under present day climate conditions.
From last week:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/dispatches/050901.html
NOVA weighs in.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/8/31/173242.shtml
Downplays idea pretty straightforwardly, after an overaggressive opening.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1099102,00.html
Superficial analysis of how warming could create stronger hurricanes, comes down in the "maybe" department. (Pump more energy in, put or keep temperature gradients in the hurricane-creating zone more often.)
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/09/01/katrina.warming.ap/
Brief descriptions of the discussion space: warming as cause v. 'normal' multi-decade cycle.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372179,00.html
Paints a very politicized picture of what different German papers are saying.
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372176,00.html
Includes link to the paper by Kerry Emanuel, "Increasing Destructiveness of Tropical Cyclones Over the Past 30 Years", published in Nature, and which is not a hard read. Only 3 pages.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2005/8/29/12237/4650
Points out there will never be a "smoking-gun" type link between global warming and any particular disaster, which is well worth remembering.
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