Tropical cyclones and climate change
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tropical-cyclones-and-climate-change-216-1638426
title:
Tropical cyclones and climate change
text:
Climate change affects tropical cyclones in a variety of ways: an intensification of rainfall and wind speed, an increase in the frequency of very intense storms and a poleward extension of where the cyclones reach maximum intensity are among the consequences of human-induced climate change. Tropical cyclones use warm, moist air as their source of energy or fuel. As climate change is warming ocean temperatures, there is potentially more of this fuel available. Between 1979 and 2017, there was a
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Impact of climate change on tropical cyclones
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones_and_climate_change
date created:
2010-09-09T13:36:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T00:19:44Z
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