Slashdot Mirror


Warmer Oceans linked to Stronger Hurricanes

linguizic writes "According to Scientific American, global warming could be creating stronger hurricanes: 'Since the 1970s, ocean surface temperatures around the globe have been on the rise--from one half to one degree Fahrenheit, depending on the region. Last summer, two studies linked this temperature rise to stronger and more frequent hurricanes. Skeptics called other factors into account, such as natural variability, but a new statistical analysis shows that only this sea surface temperature increase explains this trend.'"

3 of 374 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Um. . .Duh? by loossy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OMG!!!1111 an intelligent frist psot!!!111

  2. Uhm... by nexcomlink · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No shit??? I think I already have my fair share of storms for 2005 and I can't wait for 2006 to start after getting pawned by a giant christmas tree.

    http://beta.zooomr.com/photos/michieru

  3. An right-wing poem. by aussersterne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is no global warming.
    and the Earth's pollution-free,
    and we'll never run out of resources,
    and we'll always have energy.
    We'll never use up all the space,
    and the rich should have more than they need;
    poverty is God's just punishment,
    visited on the brown and lazy!
    Iraq is going well, and Iran wants our freedom!
    There was no big bang,
    and Earth is orbited by the sun.
    Evolution is communist propaganda
    and opera and PBS, too
    Hilary Clinton is one of them gay commies,
    a threat to me and you.
    So go out and vote republican,
    or else the terrorists win,
    and be sure to go to church every week,
    or you'll get AIDS to punish your sins.

    There is no global warming.

    --
    STOP . AMERICA . NOW