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Hurricanes Growing Fiercer With Global Warming
URL: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/hurricanes.html

Description:
This July 2005 press release describes a study that concludes that "hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming." Includes a link to the website of the MIT meteorology professor "who warns that this trend could continue." The professor's site includes a link to the article about the study and to related material. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Publisher:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Extra Keywords
climate change Kerry Emanuel katrina hurricanekatrina katrinaenvironment

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Global warming
Hurricanes

LII Database Information:
Record 1625 created by Maria Brandt on 08/01/2005
Last modification on 09/02/2005
Published: 08/01/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1625