UT Professor - More Hurricanes only partly tied to Global Warming
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6/8/2007

UT PROFESSOR: MORE HURRICANES ONLY PARTLY TIED TO GLOBAL WARMING


A University of Texas professor and researcher says we could see more major hurricanes in the near future, but global warming may not be the only cause.

Dr. Terry Quinn, a geology professor at U-T, says that tying the increase in the number of storms to global warming is not as simple as it seems. He says what we need to see is multiple seasons of an increased number of hurricanes. He says then we might be able to make a connection between that increase and global warming.


Dr. Quinn says the study he co-authored in the journal Nature, reveals rising water temperatures could also play a role in hurricane activity. But he adds that vertical wind shear makes it more difficult for storms to form and get stronger. He says that was the case last year, when el nino produced strong wind shear.

He notes that the reported surge in major hurricanes over the last ten years may not represent a surge at all. He says it may just be a return to a normal storm pattern.

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